Home Guard Instruction - No.23 1941 - Night Training.
5pg, gatefold pamphlet ' Home Guard Instruction No.23 - 1941 Night Training '. One of the regular instructions and updates issued by the War Office giving a precis of current thinking on night fighting. Ex War Office Library, good, clean condition. read more
WLA Aertex Work Shirt.
A scarce example of the WLA aertex work shirt. Short sleeved ' polo ' style shirt in aertex type material. 1943 dated and ' Large ' size manufactured by Towles Ltd whose label appears prominently in the neck. Excellent, used and undamaged condition and hard to find. read more
Rest Centre Marshall Armband.
Well constructed ,heavy cotton armband with the title ' Rest Centre Marshall ' printed in red. Issued presumably, for those people nominated to deal with the expected rush of people to rest centres in the aftermath of an air raid. Good, slightly ' foxed ' condition. read more
Royal Ordnance Factory lapel badge.
Chromed, brass lapel badge with pin fitting for Royal Ordnance Factory No.13. No.13 was R.O.F Radway Green, Cheshire which produced small arms ammuntion.These badges were introduced in 1940 for workers at the various factories across the UK but were phased out from 1942 because of the their consumption of valuable raw materials.
This badge made by T.L.M.Ltd, B'ham and is numbered 11127 t... read more
Cornwall Civil Defence Insignia.
Standard CD embroidered breast badge with wartime bordered area title for Cornwall still mounted on the serge pocket material of a CD tunic. Insignia in excellent, used condition, the backing material shows signs of mothing, clearly why it was cut from the original tunic, item has been treated against further damage. read more
Home Guard Instruction - No.27 1941.
11pg pamphlet ' Home Guard Instruction No.27 - 1941 Defence in urban areas '. One of the regular instructions and updates issued by the War Office giving information and instruction to the Home Guard on subjects not covered by exsisting publications. In good, clean condition, ex War Office Library. read more
WLA Jumper.
Official issue, 1943 dated, WLA woollen jumper. Size 4 by Towles Ltd, a contractor that supplied a number of uniform items to the WLA, with internal manufacturer's label. Generally very good condition, there are however three holes to l/h shoulder and central reverse with other snags, all of which could be easily repaired by a competent knitter. The front and sleeves remain undamaged. A good ex... read more
C Company 10th Batt. Surrey Home Guard Photograph.
33cms x 17cms approx. group photo of No.10 ( Coombelands) Platoon, " C " Company, 10th ( Egham & Chertsey ) Battalion Home Guard. Photo mounted on card with East Surrey cap badge decoration and individual identification typical of the work of Gale & Polden . Good, clear image, one small ink stain to bottom corner of image and slight bumping etc of mount. read more
Spifire ' Shareholder ' badge.
Brass and enamel lapel featuring a Spitfire and the word ' shareholder ' with a pin fitting. To the reverse manufacturer's details ' H.W.Miller, B'ham ' and ' Vauxhall-Bedford '. There is a belief that these badges were linked to the shadow factories producing Spitfire assemblies as part of their respective Spitfire Funds. Good overall condition with undamaged enamel. ( SEE item 9552 for variat... read more
WW2 Boy Scouts National Service Leaflet.
941 leaflet ' They Were Prepared ' - Boy Scouts National Service. 21pgs with b/w illustrations outlining the roles taken up by the Scouts in war, fire fighting, aiding evacuees, CD messengers, ARP work, building shelters etc. Contains a section on the National Service and Civil Defence badge and also rolls of honour for gallantry during the war. Good, used condition, loose binding, light markin... read more