' Home Guard ' Soap.
Wartime bar of 'Home Guard' brand soap manufactured by the Premier Soap Co.Ltd., Hull. Slightly mis-shapen but otherwise in excellent condition. A scarce survivor.
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Wartime St John Ambulance Brigade Helmet.
Black painted wartime MkII helmet with a St John Ambulance Brigade transfer to the front. Helmet does not have any obvious manufacture or date markings but does have a size 7, 1939 dated liner by ' ANP '. Interestingly the transfer appears to have been overlaid over an earlier red motif ( red cross possibly ? ) which is evident in small areas where the transfer has been chipped or scratched. Th... read more
J&S Essential War Work Lapel Badge.
Chrome and enamel , pinback badge for J&S Essential War Work . The J&S in this case is believed to be a Leicester firm of Jones & Shipman Machine Tools well known not only for their specialist precision tools but also a wide ranger of ordinary and precision drills and a number of grinding machines. Numbered to the reverse with manufacturer's details of ' Thos. Fattorini, B'ham. In excellent, us... read more
Luss Detachment, 1st Dumbarton Home Guard Badge.
Printed cotton rectangle featuring the family arms of the Colquhouns who owned much of the land on the western side of Loch Lomond including the village of Luss. As many of the inhabitants of the family owned village worked on the estate, the platoon emanating from the village adopted the family's arms in their honour. this example in excellent, unissued condition. read more
The Big Test - Story of the Girl Guides in WW2.
1st 1947 ' The Big Test - Story of the Girl Guides in the World War ' by Catherine Christian pub.by the GirlGuides Association. 112pgs inc b/w photographs showing the work of the Girl Guides during WW2. Good, clean condition. read more
American Eagle Club Volunteer's Badge.
mpressive gilt and enamel, pinback badge for the American Eagle Club. Worn by British volunteers and staff of the club which was situated in Charing Cross Road. Opened in December 1940 as the first club for Americans in London it was taken over by the American Red Cross in 1942. Some of these badges are encountered with the name of the volunteer engraved to the reverse. Excellent, bright condit... read more
Defence - The Services' Magazine & Home Guard Monthly - June 44
June 1944ed of the Home Guard Monthly with articles on ' the Story of a Yorkshire HG Battalion ' and ' Arms of the German Army '. 56pgs in excellent, clean condition with some minor creasing, rubbing etc. read more
WW2 Barrage Balloon P.B.Cow Ltd, War Worker's Badge.
A scarce, original WW2badge as worn by a worker in the P.B.Cow Ltd Factory Londo.Chrome and enamel shield depicting a barrage balloon over a silhouette of St Pauls Cathedral and Battersea Power Station with Latin scroll below "Sursum Corda" (Lift up your hearts) Pin fitting to reverse complete with manufacturer's details ' Thos Fattorini Ltd, Regent St, Birmingham ' . P.B.Cow & Co' factories we... read more
Fire Force 7 NFS helmet.
1939 dated MkII helmet by Briggs Motor Bodies with a size 7 MkI, 1939 dated liner by the same manufacturer. This example badges for a member of NFS No.7 Fire Force. No.7 Fire Force covered Derbyshire and the surrounding area with it's headquarters in Derby. Helmet in excellent, clean condition with manufacturer's markings clearly stamped to rim and to liner with identity number painted to inter... read more
Co-Op ARP Badge.
Gilt and enamel, pinback badge for an un-identified branch of the Co-Op. Colourful and bright design manufactured by Thos.Fattorini of Birmingham. Excellent, clean and undamaged condition. read more