Formation badge, one of a pair, Headquarters Southern Command (UK), 1940 (c).
Printed cotton, 1940 (c)
Southern Command used a standard shield design with stars, with variations in the colour and band, to indicate which branch of service it represented - artillery, engineers, medical etc. The five stars represent a Southern Cross. This has a single black bar which denotes it is a headquarters badge.
Shield shaped printed cotton badge, with a red shield on which is placed a black horizontal bar, above the bar is a white star, on the bar three white stars, below the bar a single white star.
Associated with World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945).