Staffordshire ARP County Control badge.
Silvered brass and enamel pinback badge for Staffordshire ARP County Control. Maker marked to the reverse 'Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham'. In excellent condition with very minor rubbing to the high points of the design. read more
Coventry Home Guard Anti-Aircraft grouping.
An interesting grouping of items to Pte. Wilfred Holt of 106 Warwickshire Home Guard AA Rocket Battery based at Coventry, part of 26th AA Regt, Home Guard.
The grouping consists of an FS cap with a Royal Warwickshire cap badge, no date or size, but approx. 6 3/4, an 'arm' of insignia for WAR 106, AA Home Guard, and a Home Guard service certificate in it's original envelope with a Coventr... read more
ARP School Instructor's badge.
Brass and enamel pinback badge for Instructors, Air Raid Precautions School, Civil Defence. Issued from 1942 for ARP instructors who had qualified at a national course.
Enamel undamaged with clean fresh gilding, maker marked to reverse H.W.M. Ltd ( Millers ), good overall condition. read more
Southport Civil Defence lapel badge.
Chrome and enamel pinback lapel badge featuring the coat of arms of Southport with 'CD' either side for Civil Defence. Numbered to reverse and manufacturer marked 'Thos. Fattorini, B'ham'. In excellent condition with undamaged enamel. read more
65.00 GBP
National Savings poster.
750 x 500mm poster entitled 'Lend to Defend' and featuring a bold graphic design by Charles Paine and dated 1940. Printed for HMSO by Vincent Brooks Day & Son, London and issued by the National Savings Committee with the exhortation ' Count every penny, every penny counts'. In good overall condition with some minor edge tears and one ink mark to margin. read more
Co-Op ARP lapel badge.
25mm enamel and brass lapel badge for The Co-Op ARP. Half-moon lapel fitting , manufacturer marked Thos.Fattorini, B'ham. In clean condition with undamaged enamel. read more
Books for the Royal Navy poster.
38 x 25cms wartime poster published by the Royal Naval War Libraries appealing for donations of books and magazines for distribution to Royal Naval personnel. In slightly creased condition with some minor stains and edge nibbles, otherwise in good condition. read more
38.00 GBP
Wartime Player's 'Navy Cut' cigarettes.
Original wartime Player's 'Navy Cut' cigarettes in their original flimsy packaging. In an effort to save cardboard, cigarettes were wrapped in flimsy paper featuring a single colour repeating brand design. Introduced from late 1942 cigarettes were soon returned to their cardboard packs by Wars end. A rare survivor with contents intact and an intact wrapper. Wrapper has some staining and minor t... read more
Dudley ARP lapel badge.
Brass and enamel pinback badge for Dudley Air Raid Precautions. Featuring the arms of the borough of Dudley in the midlands, non maker marked. In good clean condition with undamaged enamel. read more
Private purchase 'Cromwell' pattern helmet.
An example of this highly distinctive pattern of WW II Home Front private-purchase helmet. Made from a fibre type material and rivetted together and sold under the trade name of ' The Cromwell Protector Helmet.' Fitted with a 1941 dated MkII liner and with a gloss exterior finish. In excellent condition. read more