Comic postcard - ARP.

Comic postcard by the artist George Willis part of Valentine's ' Chummy ' range featuring a canine ARP subject. Postally used but in clean condition but with one crease running across a corner. priced accordingly.
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Code: 8218

Helmet Respirator.

This respirator was designed for use by those who had certain medical conditions which prevented the use of regular gas masks. This device was dubbed the Helmet Respirator, and was also sometimes called the Invalid Respirator. It was a large and alien looking contraption that fitted over the wearer\'s entire head and shoulders. It had two circular eye pieces and a large bellows that could be op...  read more

Code: 8216

ARP Bleach ointment tin.

Tin of ARP Bleach Ointment for use on areas of skin contaminated by gas. Tin in good used condition, with contents, minor dent to one rim, label with light marking but clean and bright.  read more

Code: 8211

Salute the Soldier pin badge.

Sherbourne Salute the Soldier badge featuring the Abram Games' 'Liberator' design, given in exchange for a donation towards the campaign. Celluloid covered button badge with a pin fastening. Clean, bright image.  read more

Code: 8209

HMSO - 'Meet the US Army'

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 24pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., stapled card wrappers, 7 x 4.5" approx., an uncommon title, with large number of US servicemen arriving in UK. It was written by the Irish poet Louis MacNeice for the Board of Education for use in schools, to try to explain the American, his culture and his way of life to the British, lightly marked to covers, wi...  read more

Code: 8207

Cheshire Home Guard titles.

Printed blue/black on khaki Home Guard shoulder title for the 9th Cheshire ( Macclesfield ) Battalion accompanied by a screen printed HOME GUARD shoulder title. Both items with clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform but are in excellent, clean condition.  read more

Code: 8200

Home Guard service certificates.

Original unused Home Guard certificates. Certificates were given to all who served in the Home Guard on completion of their service. These examples in excellent unused condition with some very minor foxing.
Several available.
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Code: 8195

M.O.F. Dried Egg Tin.

Ministry of Food ' Pure Dried Egg ' tin. Typical wartime production with labelling printed directly onto tin complete with salvage slogan ' this can is steel - save for salvage '. No contents ( thankfully! ) an iconic item from the wartime kitchen. Good overall condition with some surface spidering typical of wartime steel.  read more

Code: 8193

Daily Express War Time Cookery book.

1939ed ' Daily Express War Time Cookery Book '.192pgs offering ' practical advice and recipes specially prepared for War time conditions ' Featuring delights such as ' tripe au gratin and ' economy rissoles ' - one for the hardier stomached amongst us. In good clean condition with one chip and minor tears to d/w.  read more

Code: 8191

Comic postcard - Is your journey really necessary?

Comic postcard by the artist Kitt Forres - ' Is your journey really necessary ? ' subject. Patriotic exhortation by the Prime Minister to the reverse, postally used 1944. Some minor marks.
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Code: 8187