Shelter Poster - Charlton Kings UDC
38cms x 51cms poster produced for the Charlton Kings UDC ( near Cheltenham ) entitled ' Your Home as an Air Raid Shelter '. Sept.1940 dated offering assistance in advice and materials in building domestic and communal shelters. Some chipping, minor tears and creasing but otherwise good condition. read more
1942 SAT Vol.1 No.13 Grenade - Fulham Home Guard.
1942ed. SAT Vol.1 No.13 Grenade. 48pg manual covering all major grenades in service use at this time, No.36, 68AT, 69, 73AT, 74 Sticky bomb, 75 Hawkins and No.77. Illustrated throughout with sketches and diagrams. This example as an ownership stamp for ' A Company 3rd County of London ( Fulham ) Home Guard and a Nov.1942 issue date. Good, used condition, slightly dusty covers. read more
First Aid Party/Post Armband.
Screen printed canvas armband for use by members of a First Aid Party or First Aid Post. Typical of the style offered by Display Patents Ltd who produced many of the armbands and much of the insignia provided to many of the CD services. Elastic retainers. Good, used condition with light marking. read more
' Meet the Members ' - Timber Corps history.
C1944 1st ed. ' Meet the Members - A Record of the Timber Corps of the Women's Land Army '. 76pgs, 12 B/W illustrations. A contemporary history of the Timber Corps in good condition with attractive boards In Corps colours. Good, used condition with some light staining to plates. read more
52.00 GBP
WW2 Women's Home Defence Badge.
Brass and enamel, pinback lapel badge for the Women's Home Defence League. The League was started in 1941 by Dr Edith Summerskill Labour MP for Fulham West London. Women recruits learned basic weapon training and military skills. Manufacturer marked ' Collins, London ' to the reverse and in excellent, bright condition. Increasingly uncommon. read more
Our Railways in War-time.
One of the series of books by the publisher Raphael Tuck & Songs combining text and illustrations on a theme. Our Railways in War-time combines superb contemporary illustrations with text by C.J.Allen in 39pgs. This example is in good, used condition, with light marking to covers and some damage to the back cover. Particularly appealing evocative illustrations. Uncommon. read more
34.00 GBP
Solihull Wings for Victory badge.
30mm tin and card, pin back badge for Solihull Urban District Wings for Victory campaign, June 5-12th 1943. Good, overall condition with some corrosion to reverse and edge. read more
ARP Training Manual No.1 - Basic Training.
1942, edition ARP Training Manual No.1 ' Basic Training in Air Raid Precautions '.64pgs with illustrations and diagrams. Large format manual dealing with gas, high explosive bombs, shelters, incendiaries etc including all basic principles of personal protection against air attack. Amended later edition ( SEE item:13835 ). Good used condition with some light marking, foxing etc. read more
Birmingham Senior Warden's Tunic.
1941 ' Blouses A.R.P.57 ' Civil Defence battledress blouse style tunic for a Senior Warden in the Birmingham Civil Defence. 1941 Size 11 tunic by the Fifty Shilling Tailors with a Nov.1941 issue stamp. CD breast badge surmounting a Birmingham area title embroidered cotton on bluette with a merrow edge. This construction of area title is common to much of the Warwickshire and Midland areas. War... read more
45th ( Doncaster) Battalion, West Riding HG unit titles.
Printed blue/black on khaki Home Guard shoulder titles for the 45th ( Doncaster ) Battalion, West Riding. Still joined together showing clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform. read more