M.O.I. Committee Member lapel badge.

Gilt and enamel Ministry of Information ' Committee Member ' lapel badge. The M.O.I. committees were established to ensure that official information was passed accurately and speedily to all who needed it. As such they were intended to play a key part of the post-raid services advising the public through the use of posters, loudspeaker vans, leaflets etc. Although not considered to be particula...  read more

Code: 13657

Goodnight Children Everywhere sheet music.

1939 ' Goodnight Children Everywhere - With a tender thought to all Evacuated Children ' featured and broadcast by Gracie Fields in France. Sheet music with lyrics featuring portraits of Gracie Fields on front and rear covers. Good condition with minor creasing and tears.  read more

Code: 13656

The Forgotten Service: Auxiliary Ambulance Station 39.

1999 1st ed. ' The Forgotten Service: Auxiliary Ambulance Station 39 Weymouth Mews ' by Angela Raby. 144pgs account of the L.A.A.S. through the memories of Station Officer May Green who served at Station 39 for over five years. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and sketches. Good, used condition with minor creasing to d/w.  read more

Code: 13655

Battle of Britain Calendar.

Glazed ceramic ornamental calendar celebrating the Battle of Britain in the form of a horseshoe inscribed with the immortal extract from Churchill's speech ' Never in the field of human conflict.....' surrounding a picture in relief of fighter aircraft over the white cliffs of Dover. Perpetual calendar that requires manual changing, all month and date combinations present. Minor rubbing to high...  read more

Code: 13654

Wartime Toilet Roll.

The ' must have ' for all Home Front collections - original wartime toilet roll ! Complete ' Miss Muffet ' brand roll produced by ' the Miss Muffet Toilet Paper Company ' of Nottingham. Intact sleeve bearing the endorsement that ' Our pre-war carton will be re-introduced when supplies are available '. Good condition with light marking.  read more

Code: 13653

' Z ' Battery anti-aircraft manual.

1942 Anti-Aircraft Training Instruction Serial VI ' " Z " AA Artillery '. 51pg manual setting out training, drills and layouts for the " Z " AA batteries, most of which were manned by the Home Guard. " Z " AA batteries fired 3ins unguided rockets from batteries of projectors to produce a box barrage. Their efficacy was questionable but acted as a useful deterrent and morale boosting employment ...  read more

Code: 13652

Comic Postcard - ITMA.

Comic postcard featuring the work of the artist ' Dinah 'and one of her trademark children with an ITMA theme using one of their catchphrases ' Shall I do you now Sir ? '. Postally used in good, condition with patriotic Churchillian exhortation to reverse.
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Code: 13651

Ulster Home Guard lapel badge

Silver gilt and enamel lapel badge for the Ulster Home Guard for wear in civilian clothes. Some sources suggest that this is official issue, weight being given to this arguement by an issue number to the reverse. Badge in used, clean condition with some abrasions and stress lines which look worse in photographs than in reality and wear to silver gilt.  read more

Code: 13650

ARP Poster - Recruitment

25 x 38cms poster ' ARP Your privilege as a parent...your duty as a citizen ' part of the early ARP enrolment campaign. Featuring artwork by an unknown artist ' Bossfield ' and printed for HMSO by Sir Joseph Causation & Sons Ltd. Excellent, clean condition, uncommon.  read more

Code: 13649

A.F.S. Uniforms & Equipment Specifications.

1938 A.F.S. Uniforms & Equipment Specifications. 16pg booklet issued by the HMSO outlining the various uniforms and insignia worn by both male and female members of the AFS. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and sketches. Good, clean condition and scarce,.  read more

Code: 13648