Helliwells Aircraft National Service badge.

Gilt and enamel lapel badge for an employee of Helliwells Aircraft. Based at Walsall airfield, they specialised in aircraft repairs and maintenance and later went on the build large sub-structures. They went on to form a flying school in 1943.
Numbered to obverse with lapel fitting to reverse, manufacturer marked ' Thos Fattorini, B'ham '. Good, used condition with minor abrasions.  read more

Code: 13117

LMS Railway ARP ' Gas ' Poster.

33cms x 20cms approx. poster issued by the ARP dept. of the London Midland Scottish Railway to warn of the the danger of gas. Printed on heavy weight paper this example is in good used condition with some marking and has been folded.  read more

Code: 13116

Smitten City the Story of Portsmouth under Blitz.

1945 1st ed. A 62pg photographic record of the devastation caused to Portsmouth by the 67 German air raids from 1940-1944 with extensive illustrations of the damage. All the photographs have extensive captions giving details of the time and location of the raids, from the early Lufftwaffe bombardments to the flying bomb attacks of the latter stages of the war. Good, clean condition.  read more

Code: 13114

A.R.P. Memo No.C2 ARP for Electricity Undertakings.

1938 2nd ed. H.M.S.O. ' A.R.P. Memo No.C2 ARP for Electricity Undertakings '. 33pgs with diagrams outlining the ARP provision for the electrical infrastructure, sub-stations, transformers, switchgear etc. In good used condition with light marking. Uncommon.  read more

Code: 13113

Victory Lapel Badge.

15mm brass and enamel lapel badge with lapel fitting to reverse. Featuring the morse notation for the letter V surmounted by a V. Good, used condition.  read more

Code: 13112

Home Guard Drill and Battle Drill Manual.

1943 ed. of ' A Home Guard Drill and Battle Drill Manual ' by John Brophy. 126pg manual covers all aspects of squad drill, arms drill and field operations, also includes appendices on the Sten. John Brophy wrote a number of books for the Home Guard during the course of the war. In good, used condition with some marking to covers and some minor creasing.  read more

Code: 13111

Comic Postcard - Home Front.

Comic postcard featuring the work of the artist ' Dinah 'and one of her trademark children . Postally used with some marking and residue from an album, patriotic Churchillian exhortation to reverse.
POSTFREE within UK  read more

Code: 13110

Civil Defence area title - Carshalton.

Gold on blue embroidered cotton on wool Civil Defence area title for Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. Worn on the breast pocket of the tunic below the CD breast badge. In good clean, used condition
with clear evidence of being removed from a uniform.  read more

Code: 13109

' Stand Down ' - L.B.Whittacker

1st ed.1990 ' Stand Down ', the indispensable Home Guard reference by Len Whittacker. 153pg containing a complete listing of all known Home Guard units, their locations and commanding officers including AA units, transport columns and general service battalions. Also includes a useful general history of the Home Guard and a section on insignia. In excellent, clean condition and difficult to acq...  read more

Code: 13108

Southern Aircraft National Service badge.

Chrome and enamel lapel badge for Southern Aircraft, Gatwick National Service. Half moon lapel fitting to reverse, numbered ' 540 ' and maker marked ' Thomas Fattorini, B'ham '.
In 1935, John Coxon set up Southern Motor & Aircraft Company, which in November 1938, moved to Gatwick Airport to undertake the sale and maintenance of light aircraft and shortly afterwards, it changed its name ...  read more

Code: 13107