Toc H War Services Clubs lapel badge.
Gilt and enamel, pin back lapel badge for Toc H War Services. Toc H is an international charity and membership movement that emerged from a soldiers' club in Poperinge, Belgium during World War I. During WW2 they provided a number of clubs providing welfare to the Forces. Excellent condition with ' H.W.Miller, B'ham ' maker's mark to the reverse. read more
Cough & Sneezes Poster by Bateman.
An example of a famous wartime poster issued by the Ministry of Health for the Coughs & Sneezes Spread Diseases campaign . The campaign was designed to show how thoughtlessness helps to spread not only the common cold, but also many other diseases. The whole ‘coughs and sneezes' campaign was far more to with fighting absenteeism than concern about people catching a cold. Drawn by the artist Hen... read more
165.00 GBP
Shropshire Home Guard Tunic.
Early '40 Pat. Battledress Blouse bearing the insignia of the 4th Salop ( Baystonhill ) Battalion Home Guard in the form of printed ' SHR 4 ' shoulder insignia . Size 12 BD ( Height 5' 9" - 5' 10" Chest 40" - 36", Waist 35" - 36" ), 1940 dated label with WD inspection stamp. Printed Home Guard shoulder titles to both arms and war service chevrons with WW1 and GSM ribbons to chest with green re... read more
1945 WVS Civil Defence Calendar.
Attractively graphic covered calendar for 1945 produced by the WVS. Each month is illustrated by a 15cm x 20cms black and white image showing an aspect of the role of the WVS in wartime with three pages of explanatory text. Good, clean condition and scarce. read more
Great Western Railway - Air Raid Precautions.
Dec.1940 1st ed. ' GWR - ARP, Special Instructions for the Working of Railways in Wartime '. 53pgs covering subjects from blackout lighting restrictions, interference by parachute troops and tunnels as air raid shelters. Good, used condition with marked covers, uncommon. read more
200 Wartime Recipes - Ambrose Heath.
' From the Kitchen Front ' - ' 200 Wartime Recipes ' - Ambrose Heath. 1941 1st ed. 42pgs includes economy tips as well as large numbers of economic recipes with such delights as dandelion sandwiches and eggless cake. Good, clean condition with some light marking to covers. read more
Salute the Soldier badge - Plymouth
25mm tin and celluloid pinback badge for Plymouth Salute the Soldier campaign, probably given in exchange for a donation to the fund. In good, overall condition with small areas of foxing. read more
32.00 GBP
Nov.1944 ARP & AFS News.
Vol.7 No.6 ARP & NFS News - The National Civil Defence Journal. Smaller format, 31pg magazine with numerous Civil Defence related articles ' Ladders in Rescue Work ', ' Uniform Retention ' Serious London Incident 'etc.. Numerous illustrations and contemporary related adverts. Lightly marked covers with some light creasing, spine has some flaking.
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Within the Island Fortress No.1 The Women's Voluntary Services (WVS)
Within the Island Fortress - the Uniforms, Insignia & Ephemera of the Home Front in Britain 1939 - 1945 No.1 The Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) by Jon Mills. One of Jon's indispensable guides, 32pgs,full colour illustrations throughout, soft cover.
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12.50 GBP
HMV 1940 War Service Lapel Badge.
Brass and enamel, pinback lapel badge indicating wartime employment by the HMV company. HMV or ' His Master's Voice ' was the brand name of the Gramophone Company and from the 1930s onwards, HMV manufactured radio and television sets and radiograms under the HMV and Marconiphone brand names in their factory in Hayes, Middlesex. During the War they continued similar production but with most of t... read more