Royal Observer Corps cap badge
Date Added: 28 April 2009
Year: 1939
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2009_019 | ▶
Picture No: 7478
Royal Observer Corps silver cap badge with scroll 'Forewarned is Forearmed'. It belonged to James Macdonald, Christine Murray's father. It has two small rings on the rear with a split pin. The ROC had a primary World War 2 role in spotting, identifying and reporting enemy aircraft. Post war their role changed to the staffing of monitoring posts, established throughout the United Kingdom, equipped with instruments to record and report any nuclear attack on the country and subsequently to monitor radioactive fallout. The Corps was disbanded in the late 1980s with the end of the 'Cold War'.
Dimensions: Height 45 mm - Width 35 mm
Year 1986 - 56 pictures
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