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 Canterbury Bridge Blean War Weapons Week badge.

Canterbury Bridge Blean War Weapons Week badge.

Large 34mm tin and celluloid, pin badge featuring a tank design for the Canterbury Bridge Blean War Weapons Week ( Feb/Mar 1941 ). Bridge-Blean is situated just outside Canterbury to the North West. Badge bears the manufacturer's details of Thos. Fattorini, B'ham to the rim and is in excellent, bright condition with a little minor corrosion to the reverse.  read more

Code: 9824

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Emergency Hospital Scheme Stretcher Bearer lapel badge.

Emergency Hospital Scheme Stretcher Bearer lapel badge.

Chrome and enamel lapel badge for a stretcher bearer in the Emergency Hospital Scheme. The EHS was in an essence an early form of nationalisation of the hospital system undertaken to deal with the expected large number of air raid casualties. Anticipating an equally large demand for staff such as stretcher bearers, volunteers, largely men were enrolled and late in 1940 were authorised to the we...  read more

Code: 9823

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WVS Housewives Section Armband.

WVS Housewives Section Armband.

Printed on to cotton, WVS Housewives Section armband. The Housewives Service /Section were members of the WVS who were unable to leave home because of domestic commitments but were trained to help the Civil Defence services in their locality particularly in the care of casualties. Although denied an officially issued armband, WVS authorities had no objections to local issues prefering them to ...  read more

Code: 9822

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Home Guard Lapel Badge.

Home Guard Lapel Badge.

Attractive, large size, brass and enamel Home Guard lapel badge. Horseshoe lapel fitting to reverse. This badge is an early design before the accepted designs became commonplace. Uncommon.  read more

Code: 9821

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Bourne & Hollingsworth ARP Badge.

Bourne & Hollingsworth ARP Badge.

Gilt and enamel, pinback lapel badge for use by members of staff of the Bourne & Hollingsworth Store ARP. Bourne and Hollingsworth was a large department store on the corner of Oxford Street and Berners Street, London. They were renowned for selling the best quality goods and for looking after their staff, providing accommodation at Warwickshire House on Gower Street for up to 600 female worker...  read more

Code: 9820

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Worcester Warship Week badge.

Worcester Warship Week badge.

Tin and celluloid pinback badge for Worcester Warships Week Mar 7-14 1942. Maker marked I.Sanders & Sons, Bromsgrove In good condition, some foxing and very light corrosion to reverse.  read more

Code: 9819

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Ministry of Transport - Organisation of Transport for Defence Emergency.

Ministry of Transport - Organisation of Transport for Defence Emergency.

1939, 3pg leaflet issued by the Ministry of Transport entitled ' Organisation of Road Transport for a Defence Emergency - Part II Public Service Vehicles '. Outline planning for the uses of buses and trams in wartime. Good, used condition. Ex lib.IWM.
POSTFREE within UK  read more

Code: 9815

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Air Raid Warden Sign.

Air Raid Warden Sign.

100mm x 70mm approx. cast alloy sign for an Air Raid Warden.Probably used or a door or gate, this example in good, used condition with some minor loss of black paint.  read more

Code: 9813

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LDV Armband.

LDV Armband.

LDV armband variation. Constructed from a lined blanket type material with screen printed lettering. This pattern of armband is linked to Lincolnshire units and was produced prior to the introduction of the official issue. Good, used, slightly stained condition.  read more

Code: 9811

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 D Company 7th High Wycombe Battalion Home Guard designation.

D Company 7th High Wycombe Battalion Home Guard designation.

A scarce example of the embroidered designation for D Company 7th High Wycombe Battalion Home Guard. The 7th Battalion wore a special numeral as a Company designator until stand-down, it was probably introduced in 1942. In excellent, used condition with clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform.  read more

Code: 9806

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