WW2 Auxiliary Fire Service first issue sterling silver AFS badge.

WW2 Auxiliary Fire Service first issue sterling silver AFS badge.
A scarce original early Wartime first issue 'Auxiliary Fire Service silver and enamel lapel badge', the reverse impressed "Sterling Silver and with official issue number “120772”. Good condition, retaining original buttonhole fitting

Designed by Mr Paget of the Royal Mint and announced by the Home Office in 1938 the terms of its issue, the first being in "Sterling Silver".