' Join the WLA ' Recruitment flyer.
Attractive 15cm x 23cm flyer for WLA recruitment. Based on the larger poster design by Monica Goddard and printed by Fosh & Cross. In a demonstration of wartime expediency it has a typed notation to the reverse but is in otherwise excellent condition. Uncommon. read more
The Home Guard of Britain - Charles Graves.
1943 1st ed. Illustrated with a photograph frontispiece. A well-researched and authoritative account of the Home Guard, three years after its formation. Chapters include 'Private Armies', 'Blitz', 'Reorganization' and 'Directed Men'. With Appendices 'The Ulster Home Guard' and 'History of the Home Guard Medical Organization'. With details of individual home guards - district, zone, sector, batt... read more
Dudley War Weapons Week Lapel badge.
25mm, tin and celluloid, pin back lapel badge probably given in exchange for a contribution to the Dudley War Weapons Week held on December 7th - 14th 1940. Manufactured by Fattorini & Sons, B'ham. An early example of a War Weapons Week badge. In good, used condition with light corrosion to reverse. read more
Salvage Leaflet.
Leaflet issued by the Ministry of Supply entitled ' Waste Collection is now compulsory '. 4pg leaflet outlining what to salvage and how the categories contribute to the War effort. Minor marking, otherwise good condition. read more
Wartime Cotton Reel.
Black cotton on a part reel by ' J & P Coats ' marked ' War Emergency Temporary Stool '.Good, part used condition. read more
Sweet Controlled Price/Points cards.
Printed sweet ration cards displaying the controlled price and rationing information introduced midway through the war. Three different cards, for different varieties of sweets including ' Frollies ' and Wine Gums, in good, used condition with some minor foxing. read more
Engineering & Architectural Study of Air Raid shelters by Ove Arup.
1st 1939 ' Design, Cost, Construction, and Relative Safety of Trench, Surface, Bomb-Proof and other Air-Raid Shelters ' by Ove N.Arup. Landscape format study authored by the acclaimed architectural engineer Ove Arup featuring designs, plans and scientific studies of the performance of bombs against different surfaces. Good, clean condition with light marking to boards. Scarce. read more
Hertfordshire LDV armband.
Early LDV armband. Unofficial locally made LDV armband which is generally believed to have been used in Hertfordshire. 42 x 5cm cotton armband which has been applied to a lining material with block printed LDV. In excellent, used condition. read more
Essex Police War Reserve Lapel Badge.
Chrome and enamel lapel badge for members of the Essex Police War Reserve. Horseshoe lapel fitting to the reverse, manufacturer marked ' J.R.Gaunt '. Excellent, bright used condition. read more
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Home Guard Instruction - No.43 Protection Against Gas.
Home Guard Instruction - No.43 Protection Against Gas. 1942 pamphlet, one of the regular instructions and updates issued by the War Office, giving instruction in protection against gas. Sections on care of respirators, gas identification, with illustrations, and measures to be taken in the event of a gas attack. Good, used condition with some marking and creasing. read more