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title: Official Civilian Defense Insignia
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/official-civilian-defense-insignia-1942/
description: 'Reference chart of Office of Civilian Defense badges: a blue disc and white triangle repeated in rows, each holding a red symbol (flame, ladder, cross.'
section: Collection
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[![Official Civilian Defense Insignia, 1942 US poster: Reference chart of Office of Civilian Defense badges](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/official-civilian-defense-insignia-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/official-civilian-defense-insignia-1942.jpg)

# Official Civilian Defense Insignia

Reference chart of Office of Civilian Defense badges: a blue disc and white triangle repeated in rows, each holding a red symbol (flame, ladder, cross, shield, steering wheel and others) over a role name such as Air Raid Wardens or Rescue. The technique is faint here; the closest is transfer, as a uniform emblem is meant to carry the authority of the service onto each volunteer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
OFFICIAL CIVILIAN DEFENSE INSIGNIA
U. S. CITIZENS SERVICE CORPS
BASIC INSIGNE
(Administrative Staff)
CIVIL AIR PATROL
UNITED STATES CITIZENS DEFENSE CORPS
STAFF
BOMB RECONNAISSANCE AGENT
AIR RAID WARDENS
AUXILIARY POLICE
AUXILIARY FIREMEN
FIRE WATCHERS
DEMOLITION AND CLEARANCE
ROAD REPAIR
RESCUE
DECONTAMINATION
MEDICAL
NURSES' AIDE
DRIVERS
MESSENGERS
EMERGENCY FOOD AND HOUSING
UTILITY REPAIR
INSTRUCTORS
CHAPLAINS (Christian)
CHAPLAINS (Jewish)
TRAINEE
CIVILIAN DEFENSE AUXILIARY GROUP
FOREST FIRE FIGHTERS SERVICE
CIVILIAN EVACUATION SERVICE
DESIGNS PATENTED BY U. S. OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE.   REPRODUCTION GOVERNED BY OCD REGULATION NO. 2
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—484125]
```

[← Of the troops and for the troops: The Corps of Military Police, United States Army](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/of-the-troops-and-for-the-troops-military-police-1942/) [OK for a KO by Air Force technicians →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ok-for-a-ko-by-air-force-technicians-1942/)

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