SR Railway service lapel badge.
Oval, brass and enamel, lapel badge indicating employment with the Southern Railway. Half moon lapel fitting to the reverse. Railway service badges were based on a generic design with only the intials of the company to identify the individual railways, they were to be worn in and out of railway uniform. Manufacturer marked to the reverse 'Fattorini & Sons, B'ham' and individually numbered.. Cle... read more
Airwork Gatwick Airport National Service Badge.
Brass and enamel lapel badge for Airwork Gatwick Airport. Half moon fitting to reverse, numbered ' 79 ' and manufactured by Thos. Fattorini, B'ham. Airwork had a long association with RAF flying training, the company was responsible for the initial training of tens of thousands of pilots and also became a vital part of the Air Ministry’s maintenance operations. Good used condition, wear to enam... read more
38.00 GBP
BRX.1 History of the 1st Berkshire ( Abingdon ) Btn. Home Guard.
1945 1st ed. ex IWM lib. ' BRX.1 The Story of the First Berkshire ( Abingdon ) Battalion Home Guard ' by ourselves. 88pgs including b/w photographs, maps and rolls covering the brief history of the battalion. Excellent, clean condition with a number of library stamps. read more
32.00 GBP
Birmingham & District Fire Service Journal.
Vol.5 No.1 May 1943 Birmingham & District Fire Service Journal. 32pg magazine filled with news from the Fire Service Divisions within Birmingham and Area 23 ( Rugby ) and 24. Illustrated with sketches and cartoons and contemporary advertisements. Good, used condition. read more
Practical Camouflage
Practical Camouflage or the Art of Guile together with other Home Guardery ' by Norman Demuth. 64pgs with b/w photographs and sketches with chapters on ' sniper screens ', ' road blocks ', ' vehicles ' etc. Good, used condition with light marking and creasing to covers. Uncommon. read more
Wartime postcards x 5.
A selection of wartime postcards by the artist Kit Forres featuring his trademark children characters. Unused, as new stock. Whilst not featuring specifically wartime subjects all the cards have patriotic or political wartime exhortations by Churchill amongst others. Excellent condition, sold as a group. read more
The Defence of Bloodford Village - HG manual.
16pg, 1940ed. of The Defence of Bloodford Village by Col.G.A.Wade M.C. Early and Influential Home Guard manual setting out a series of defensive scenarios centred around the fictional Bloodford Village. It is written, quite creatively for the time, as a series of dreams by the local Home Guard Commander with a series of bulletin points - make some tank traps, watch out for the Fifth Column etc.... read more
The ' Cylocopaedia of ARP Equipment ' Brochure.
41pgs C1940 Brochure compiled and published by Air Defence Equipment Service listing available ARP equipment from handcarts to incendiary shields, sirens to gas proof doors. Illustrated through out with b/w photographs and sketches and containing essays on related ARP subjects. Generally excellent condition with some fading and marking to spine. read more
Air Raid Warden Enamel Sign.
35mm x 230mm approx. Air Raid Warden enamel door, desk or gate sign. Featuring the universal ARP badge design and in the seldom encountered green and white vitreous enamel. Excellent, bright condition with some very minor edge chips read more
RNF Comforts Fund badge,
Gilt and enamel volunteer worker badge for the RNF ( Royal Navy Forces ? ) Comforts Fund. 15mm badge with pin fitting to reverse, manufacturer marked Thos Fattorini B'ham. Excellent, bright condition. read more