Home Guard Lapel badge.
Gilt and enamel Home Guard Lapel badge. Variation on the more common patterns and in excellent, clean condition. read more
Wartime pack - Newey's hooks and eyes.
New old stock Newey's hooks and eyes mounted on card, the reverse printed ' War-Time Pack '. Good condition, some storage marks.
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Wartime Tin of Johnson's Baby Powder.
Wartime economy tin of Johnson's Baby Powder . Directly printed tin featuring two messages ' Approved War-Time Formula ' and ' War-Time Package ' indicating it's origins. Excellent, clean condition with contents. Spidering present to lid, this is also a strong pointer to wartime production where steel produced with wartime shortages produces this pattern of corrosion. read more
7th Bucks Battalion Home Guard Photograph.
15cms x 20cms official photograph mounted on titled board 32cms x 25cms showing No.17 Platoon " E " Company 7th Bucks Battalion Home Guard. Good clear image, some bruising to boards. read more
1946 Victory Parade Programme.
A victory parade was held in London on 8th June 1946 with a ' Grand Pictorial Souvenir ' being produced featuring portraits of the Allied wartime leaders and military commanders. This example of the souvenir contains the flyer which had details of the procession and march-past. Good used condition. read more
WW2 Police Sergeant's steel helmet.
An example of the standard Mk II steel helmet for use by the Police, in this instance sporting two rings denting the rank of sergeant. Faint manufacturer markings to to rim. Blue painted with white stencilling ' POLICE ' and two ringsto .Paintwork has a light mottling with some scratching and chipping and clear indications of being part of a stack in storage. Good, 1939 dated size 7 1/4 liner ... read more
Sten and Bren Guns - Know Your Weapons No.5.
1942ed. part of the ' Know Your Weapons ' series by the Publishers Nicholson & Watson ' Sten and Bren Guns ' has 48pgs with diagrams and sketches outlining the mechanism, action and use of the two guns. Compiled by Home Guard instructors Capt.Jacklin and Derek Whipp and featuring sketches with Home Guard figures. Good, clean condition. read more
1942 Ration Book.
M.O.F. Ration Book R.B.1/5 1942 made out to a Beaconsfield address with Beaconsfield Food Control issue stamp. Good,used, condition with the usual cut and trimmed coupons, minor rusting to staples.
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Wartime ' Wynosan' First Aid Ointment.
New/old stock, boxed 'Wynosan' Brand First Aid Ointment. Typically wartime printed tin contained in a clean carton marked to both top and bottom tabs with slogans 'Waste paper is a vital war material. Please save it'. In excellent clean condition. read more
The Bombardment of Bath 1942
1942 1st Ed. ' The Bombardment of Bath April 25, 26, 27, 1942 '. 32pgs, landscape format review of the raids that took place as part of the Baedeker raids of 1942 with brief outline of the raids the actions of the CD services and post raid aftermath. Large number of b/w photographs showing the damage through out Bath. Reasonable reading copy, has been folded with light marking etc. read more