Card; issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to inform Stanley Valentine Ridler of difficulty in obtaining awards due to shortages, 1945

This card was issued to MrStanley Valentine Ridler by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for the 1945 Safe Driving Competition. It explains that Mr Ridler had won the 'Bar to Silver medal' but, due to the difficulty in obtaining the complete components, it was not possible to supply metal awards at the time. The lack of metal components illustrates the severity of shortages during the Second World War and the impact of the rationing introduced in the early 1940s.