Comic postcard - Air Raids Warning.
Bamforth comic postcard featuring a typically saucy comic wartime scene. Postally used, good condition with minor marking.
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Tanks for Victory Lapel badge.
25mm, silvered brass, pinback lapel badge for the Tanks for Victory Club. Manufacturer marked to reverse ' Fattorini & Sons, B'Ham ' and in good, toned condition. Tanks for Victory Club was another fund raising organisation and issued badges for different levels of achievement and belonging. read more
40.00 GBP
ARP ' Pillbox ' shelter brochure/poster.
Brochure issued by the Cement & Concrete Association extolling the virtues of the ' Pillbox ' shelter. Taking the form of a poster which opens up to display plans and images of the shelter under construction and finished. Reverse contains text outlining it's merits and places to see a demonstration example. Good, clean condition with one rust spot. Unusual. read more
LNER Railway ARP Manual.
1940ed. ' A.R.P.2 London & North Eastern Railway - Air Raid Precautions '. 19pg, foolscap format manual outlining ARP requirements specific to the LNER, covers air raid warnings to interference by parachute troops. Good, used condition, with light marking to covers, has been folded. Uncommon. read more
24.00 GBP
NFS Tiepin/brooch.
Gilded tiepin/bar brooch featuring the NFS emblem. In excellent clean condition with bright gilding. read more
Comic postcard - Careless talk.
Comic postcard.... clothes rationing subject.Comic postcard published by Valentine's by the well known artist Mabel Lucie Attwell featuring one of her trademark children . Clean, postally unused example, with notation to reverse.
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WVS Post Leader armband.
WVS ' Post Leader ' embroidered on felt, armband. The position of Post Leader was created during the decentralisation of the WVS organisation during 1942 to act as a liason with the local Wardens Post. The armband became available in 1943.
This example in clean condition with one very minor moth nip to reverse. read more
' Carry On ' - LMS Wartime Newsheet.
Dec. 1940ed. 4pgs ' Carry On ', the war time newsletter of the London Midland Scottish Railway. Has stories on the Home Guard, salvage, air raid alerts, timetables and a roll of honour of LMS personnel fighting with the forces. Good, clean condition, has been folded. read more
Exeter CD Housewives service lapel badge.
Chrome and enamel, pinback badge for Exeter Civil Defence Housewives Service. Manufacturer marked ' Thos.Fattorini,Birmingham ' and numbered to the reverse. The Housewives Service 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. In good, used condition with light surface abrasion. read more
Perthshire, Dunblane Battalion, Home Guard Battledress.
'40 Patt Battledress Blouse Serge for a Corporal the in the 5th Perthshire ( Dunblane ) battalion. Size 8, height 5' 7" - 5' 8",
Chest 37 - 38ins., Waist 32ins - 33ins made by D. & H.Cohen. Indistinct WD inspection markings. Featuring HG printed shoulder titles, TAY 5 Battalion titles, Corporal stripes to both arms and a three year service stripes to r/h sleeve. First World War ribbons... read more