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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Office of Civilian Defense. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1437 (NAID 515100).
Text on the object
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]
