This little piece of history that I found in a box of crap at a flea market last weekend is the sort of thing that is easily overlooked by both house clearance people and collectors. But, I think that it is exactly the sort of thing that should be saved to remind us of the everyday folk who only had a walk on part in the war. I am led to believe that civilians were encouraged to wear identity discs, presumably as a means of dentification if they were wounded or killed in the bombing. This particular example has the name, P.M. Titley. 907 Hagley Road West, Birmingham 32 on the obverse and, QARA 6/2 on the reverse.
The 1939 Register shows that Phyllis M Tittley, (Note the incorrect TT) a 33 year old shop assisant was living at 907 Hagley Road West, Birmingham with her widowed mother and her two sisters. The Qara 6/2 scratched on the back of the bracelet matches the Rural District code for this part of Birmingham.
The cheap alternative, in this case the husband was an Austrian Jew - it looks a semi-official item and not just something someone has knocked up
