WW2 AFS AVRO Chromium and enamel Mufti Lapel Buttonhole Badge

In superb condition with no damage to enamel and with a blank reverse and original horseshoe fitting. Wings are circa 3.9cms wide and 1.1cms tall. Chrome and enamel in excellent condition.

Avro (A.V. Roe & Co.) was a British aircraft manufacturer. Its designs include the Avro 504, used as a trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War.

Avro was founded in 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe at the Brownsfield Mill on Great Ancoats Street in Manchester. The company remained based primarily in Lancashire throughout its 53 years of existence, with key development and manufacturing sites in Alexandra Park, Chadderton, Trafford Park, and Woodford, Greater Manchester. The company was merged into Hawker Siddeley Aviation in 1963, although the Avro name has been used for some aircraft since then.

The Civil Defence Act of 1939 placed an obligation on large businesses to train a percentage of their employees in fire-fighting and some larger firms had set up Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) units similar to those supporting local fire brigades.

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