England's Glory Matches Trade Pack.
A trade or multi-pack of England's Glory matches. Containing 24 individual boxes of matches overwrapped with a paper wrapper with various slogans printed to the faces including ' War Emergency - our wrapper gift scheme is now discontinued ' and ' support home industries ' . Some loss to wrapper but otherwise in good N.O.S. condition.
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Aircraft Identification - Friend or Foe - British & German.
1940 ' Aircraft Identification - Friend or Foe ? - British & German Fighters and Bombers '. 64pg manual published by the ' Aeroplane ' magazine giving thorough descriptions of most types in service in this period with photographic and plan views. Good,used condition with some rusting to staples. read more
Depty Divisional/District Warden Helmet.
Deputy Divisional/District Warden helmet sporting the markings adopted by the post July 1942 standardisation of the Warden Service helmet markings. Standard 1939 MkII helmet with a 1939 MkI, size 7 liner by Helmets Ltd. Overall good condition with some light rust spotting to surface. read more
' 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 and staple mark but is in otherwise excellent condition. Uncommon. read more
Home Guard Instruction No.45
1942 Home Guard Instruction No.45 - Miscellaneous Notes. 5pgs covering various subjects from mobile patrols to special HG weapons, aircraft recognition and the B.A.R. Good, clean condition with light rusting to staples. read more
.300 Vickers Machine Gun Manual.
C1941 Manual by the publishers Gale & Polden ' .300 Vickers Machine Gun - mechanism made easy '. 36pgs including b/w photographs and diagrams displaying the mechanism and usage of the Vickers MG. This manual was written for the Home Guard who were issued with the .300 Vickers as opposed to the the standard .303. The .300 Vickers was originally built for US use and was sent to the UK after being... read more
The Aircraft Recognition Manual.
1944 ' The Aircraft Recognition Manual ' by C.H.Gibbs-Smith R.O.C. 128pgs outlining the ' science ' of aircraft recognition with a large number of multi-national aircraft profiles arranged by type. Good, used condition with repaired d/w, clean contents. read more
Bombs on Belfast.
' Bombs on Belfast ' - A Camera Record. 55pg, largely photographic record of the damage caused by bombing ,primarily the raids of April and May 1941. Card covers and in good, clean condition. read more
Luftwaffe Butterfly Bomb Fuze 41A.
Type 41A Mechanical clockwork fuze for use in the SD2 Butterfly bomb. Alloy body with retaining clips which is activated by a spinning vane and has two possible operations: aerial burst or impact. This is set using the switch, pointing to ' ZEIT ' for timed or air burst or ' AZ ' for impact. This example is in semi relic condition and cannot be stripped apart from the central arming spindle . read more
Early WVS Armband.
Early WVS armband , this style of armband was introduced in the summer of 1940 as a standard pattern for the WVS with 100,000 being made by a London company. This example is in good, used condition, with elastic adjustment. read more