Royal Ordnance Factory lapel badge - No.22

Gilded brass lapel badge with pin fitting for Royal Ordnance Factory No.22. No.22 was R.O.F Steeton, near Keighley, West Yorkshire, which specialised in small arms ammunition manufacture particularly the production of 20 mm and .5-inch brass cartridge cases and projectiles. The factory opened in 1941 and closed in May 1945. These badges were introduced in 1940 for workers at the various factories across the UK but were phased out from 1942 because of the their consumption of valuable raw materials.
This badge made by T.L.M.Ltd, B'ham and is numbered 3178 to reverse. Good, used condition.

Code: 14367