Badges Gallery

WW2 poster, activities of 52 (Lowland) Division

Screen-print poster, published circa 1950, showing the activities of the 52nd Lowland Division during the Second World War, with a map of Northern Europe, and unit badges along the top and bottom. The design was used for the cover of George Blake's book, Mountain and Flood, History of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, Glasgow (1950). A copy of the poster is kept with the National Army Museum copy of the book. Date: 1940-1944

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Dorothy Peto, first Woman Superintendent, Met Police

Dorothy Olivia Georgiana Peto (1886-1974), first Woman Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police. She served from 1930 until 1946, receiving the OBE in 1920 and the King's Police Medal in 1944. Seen here working at her desk, with a map of London on the wall behind her. Date: circa 1940s

© Metropolitan Police Authority/Mary Evans

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Mary, Princess Royal as Chief Girl Guide

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), daughter of George V in her uniform as Chief Girl Guide. She took an active role in promoting the Girl Guide movement, the VADs, and the Land Girls. In June 1918, following an announcement in The Gentlewoman, she began a nursing course at Great Ormond Street Hospital, working two days a week in the Alexandra Ward. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection