Comic postcard - queues.
Comic postcard by the artist Kitt Forres entitled ' Pooh! I don't stand in no queue ' Patriotic exhortation by the Prime Minister to the reverse, postally used 1944. Address partially obscured by pencil.
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Post Warden's helmet.
MkII helmet with Mk2 liner, white painted with black W indicating the junior supervisory rank of post warden.
In good clean condition overall with some scuffs and marks and one area of paint loss to rim. Interior dusty but undamaged with a 1939 dated, size 7 liner by BMB, thick paint obscures the manufacturer markings. read more
How to Be Safe from Air Raids - J.B.Haldane.
1938 booklet entitled ' How to be Safe from Air Raids ' by J.B.S.Haldane. 62pgs of slightly alarmist information on ARP as it stood at the time and suggestions for improvements and self-help for the future. Slightly grubby covers otherwise clean copy. read more
37th Warwickshire ( Birmingham ) Btn Home Guard titles.
Printed cloth shoulder designations ' BHM 37 ' for the 37th Warwickshire ( Birmingham ) Battalion Home Guard. The 37th were based around Small Heath. Accompanied by a printed Home Guard shoulder title. All items in good, used condition with evidence of havbing been removed from a uniform. read more
Air Raid Warden sign.
Cast, chromed ' Air Raid Warden ' sign. Polished highlights with paint infilling, 230mm x 32mm. These signs were variously used for door or desk signs. In good, clean condition. read more
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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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
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
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
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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