Description:Printed instructions on how to wear a military ribbon. The instructions accompany the Civil Defence Long Service Ribbon that belonged to Arthur James Smith. The instructions are printed on cream coloured paper. A piece of blue ribbon with yellow, red and green stripes is attached to the instructions with a paperclip.
Arthur James Smith was born in Bath on 13 May 1902. He moved to Leamington Spa in 1929. In 1938 he qualified as an Air Raid Precautions instructor. During the Second World War Mr Smith was Deputy Training Officer and Decontamination Offficer for Leamington Spa, Officer in Charge for South Warwickshire Civil Defence Equipment Repair Depot, Instructor and Examiner for L.A.R.P. certificates, and founder and chariman of the Local association of Civil Defence Instructors.