A Southend Airport Fire Service cap badge in excellent condition with the 2 cap fixing lugs attached to the rear & the enamel centre attached to the fully pressed home office star via the long lugs bent inwards. The badge was manufactured by Mike Trueman Badges of Birmingham.
Southend On Sea town is on the East Coast of England in Essex County in the borough of Rochford, approximately 42 miles from the centre of the City of London. In the 1960's it was the 3rd busiest airport in England but has been demoted slightly with the expansions of other major English airports such as Manchester & Birmingham!