Northampton Women's Warden Service Lapel badge.

Brass and enamel, pinback badge for Northampton Women's Warden Service. Established early in the ARP establishment, the organisation had a short life as a seperate entity before being rolled into the County Warden's Service in 1942. Uncommon badge in good, used condition.  read more

Code: 13375

Pillboxes by Henry Wills.

1st 1985 Henry Wills seminal book ' Pillboxes, A study of U.K. defences 1940 ' is where much of the interest there is today in pillboxes and other defences, really began. Following his national survey Wills produced this valuable study with a gazetteer of the known survivors and an overview of pillbox and defence types. 98pgs Illustrated throughout and still a valuable resource. Good, clean con...  read more

Code: 13374

ARP Beret.

Official issue ARP Beret. Official nomenclature ' A.R.P. 68A ' indicating the ' Austerity ' pattern. Size 6 3/4 manufactured by ' J.Collett Ltd ' in 1942 with markings printed onto a cotton protector with small reinforced seam forming a headband. This example in excellent, probably unissued condition.  read more

Code: 13373

Comic postcard - Gas Attack.

Comic postcard, part of the ' Docks ' series entitled ' Duck Lads - a Gas Attack ! '. Postally unused, generally clean with minor marking.
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Code: 13372

Defence-The Services' Magazine & Home Guard Monthly-1943

August 1943 ed. 48pgs containing articles on ' AA Battery's Mission, With the 30th Middlesex H.G. and Surprise Tactics in Training .' In good, used condition with some chipping to cover and spine. read more  read more

Code: 13371

25th (2nd Southern Railway) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard Tunic.

A 1941 dated ' 40 Patt tunic belonging to a member of the 25th (2nd Southern Railway) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard. A size 8 , Height 5'7" - 5'8", Waist 32" - 33", Chest 37" - 38" by the Rego Clothiers Ltd with prominent manufacturer's label, inspection marks and previous owner's name ' C.Rollings '. Bears printed ' SX29 ' Battalion designations with Home Guard shoulder titles. All buttons pres...  read more

Code: 13370

A.R.P. Shelter Leaflet and plan.

Leaflet produced by Dugouts Ltd. of Hornchurch showing the plans and specification of their sectional pre-cast concrete air raid shelter. leaflet comes with accompanying plan and two page specification sheet. Overstamped with the details of a North London construction company. Unusual and in good, used condition with minor creasing and foxing.  read more

Code: 13369

Life in a Submarine.

Life in a Submarine by Capt.Bernard Acworth DSO.Published by Raphael Tuck and featuring their trademark artwork on the front cover, this 31pg landscape format booklet is essentially a recruiting tool aimed at younger readers with it's emphasis on the positives of being a member of the Navy. In generally excellent, clean condition with some light marking to card covers.  read more

Code: 13367

R.T. Range Finder.

Patented in 1940 and one of the plethora of ' helpful ' commercial devices aimed for LDV, Observer Corps and Home Forces use, the R.T. Rangefinder was intended to be used with the cord held to one eye with the ' rule ' held towards the target. Using the basic figures on the rule ( fighter, bomber, parachute, house, man ) a rough range can be arrived at. Manufactured by Turner, Richardson & Coy,...  read more

Code: 13366

Defence Against the Night Bomber

1941 ' Defence against the Night Bomber ' by Noel Pemberton Billing. 191pgs outlining, in many cases some fairly outlandish ideas for defence against the bomber. Pemberton Billing was an interesting character who dabbled in right of centre politics and had extensive interests in aviation and a forceful critic of the Air Ministry. Interesting aspect of the Home Front. Good condition with foxed b...  read more

Code: 13365