More Laughs with the Forces.

C1944 ' More Laughs with the Forces. ' compiled by S.Evelyn Thomas and featuring the work of the cartoonist ' Giles '. 48pgs with comic stories and jokes heavily illustrated with cartoons from various of the popular cartoonists of the time. Good, used condition with slight rusting of staples.  read more

Code: 10582

Brierley Hill War Weapons Week badge.

Approx. 25mm tin and celluloid pinback badge for Brierley Hill War Weapons Week Feb 8th - 15th 1941. Manufacturer marked ' Thos. Fattorini, B'ham ' and is in excellent, clean condition with light rusting to reverse and small chip to edge.  read more

Code: 10581

Brighton Warship Week badge.

23mm tin and celluloid pinback badge for Brighton's Warship Week ,Feb7th - 14th 1942. Probably given in exchange for a donation to the fund, this example in good used condition, light corrosion to reverse with some spotting to obverse. Manufactured by Fattorini, B'ham.  read more

Code: 10579

Air Raid Welfare Armband.

Screen printed on elastic armband for a member of the Civil Defence services or attached to them dealing with post raid issues of those who had been bombed . In good, used condition with the armband having lost some of it's elasticity.  read more

Code: 10577

National Savings Flag.

Multi-piece construction, printed National Savings Flag, 200cms x 110cms approx. Used in conjunction with the huge wartime National Savings drives and was more probably designed for mounting on a pole with a reinforced sleeve sewn to one side of the flag. Generally good + condition with a small smattering of moth damage to one area ( pictured ).  read more

Code: 10576

Patriotic wartime matchbox cover.

Tin and celluloid matchbox cover sporting pictures of the Allied leaders, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to one side and the Generals Montgomery, Eisenhower and Alexander to the other with the words ' souvenir of the World War ' to the side. Excellent, clean condition.  read more

Code: 10575

Air Training Corps Economy Lapel Badge.

Plastic, economy lapel badge for members of the Air Training Corps. Manufacturer marked ' A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall '. Good condition with some distortion, typical for these early types of plastic.  read more

Code: 10574

6th Suffolk ( Ipswich ) Home Guard Battalion Titles.

Printed blue/black on khaki Home Guard shoulder title for the 6th Suffolk ( Ipswich ) Battalion. Good, clean condition with clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform.  read more

Code: 10573

Wartime Theatre Poster - Shakespeare Theatre Stratford.

Poster ( 1940 ) for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford advertising a Musical Extravaganza featuring Renee Houston. Poster features the line ' Gas masks must be carried '. Excellent, clean condition.  read more

Code: 10572

Wartime ATC Gliding & Flying Log.

Gatefold, card gliding and flying log to an ATC cadet from No.156 Squadron ATC. Dated 1944 and listing a number of flights, mainly in Ansons but Oxfords also feature between June 1944 and June 45. Good used condition with some fading to flying details.  read more

Code: 10570