A nice original cap badge for Isle Of Ely Fire Service 1948 to 1965. The badge has some enamel damage to the centre which is fixed to the standard economy issue, lined Home Office star & both cap fixing lugs intact to the rear of the badge. They are showing brass through the polished chrome coating which indicates a late 1940's early issued badge.
The post ww2 Isle of Ely Fire Service was formed in 1948 after the N.F.S ( National Fire Service 1941 to 1947 ) handed back fire control to regional county & county borough fire brigades. With 9 fire stations covering 354 square miles of area it merged with Cambridgeshire Fire Brigade  in 1965 to become Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely Fire Service, lasting until 1974. In 1974 the Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service became its title & was the first of a new generation of Fire & Rescue Services to take the title.