WW2 Local Defence Volunteers official issue LDV armlet

A scarce original Second World War 1940 period official issue 'Local Defence Volunteers armband' from the force in existence for only seventy days; black printed "LDV" on khaki twill, the ends stitched together to form a band. Good condition, commensurate with age.

After the German forces invaded Holland and Belgium on the 10th May 1940 an appeal was made on the 14th May by Anthony Eden for men between the age of seventeen and sixty-five to join a new force known as the 'Local Defence Volunteers'. After only seventy days of existence on the 23rd July 1940 the name was changed to the 'Home Guard'.