Benedicto or ' Beat the Blitz ' board game.
1941 board game given away by the makers of Benedict Peas as a marketing tool. Broadly based on ' snakes and ladders ' the game features the journey of the humble pea from field to shop with such hazards as bomb craters, being turned back by the Home Guard and tank traps to catch the unwary player. In good used conditions with some creasing , rubbing and bumped corners, colourful and unusual. read more
Warship Week Badge.
20mm card and tin pin back badge featuring a generic design ' Our Warship Week '. Good, used condition. read more
HG Instruction No.65 - Home Guard Signallers.
Home Guard Instruction No.65 - Classification of Home Guard Signallers - 1944. 4pg leaflet outlining the requirements of HG signallers and for the award of proficiency and classification badges. Ink stained with some edge nibbles, has been folded. read more
Civil Defence area title - Burnley.
Gold on blue embroidered cotton on wool Civil Defence area title for Burnley, Lancashire . Worn on the breast pocket of the tunic below the CD breast badge. In good clean, used condition. read more
Home Guard lapel badge.
Gilt and enamel, half moon fixing lapel badge. This badge is a variation on the standard HG lapel featuring the words ' Home Guard ' in a rectangular box. This example has bright, undamaged enamel and gilt and is in excellent, nearly mint condition. read more
20.00 GBP
ARP Chaplain Armband.
Embroidered armband or ' armlet ' for chaplains officially attached to the ARP services. Buckle fixing. Good, used condition with some very minor moth damage. Scarce. read more
Wartime canister of ' Vim '.
Wartime canister of ' Vim ' the abrasive cream cleaner. Card tube marked ' War Time Economy Pack ' and ' Save this Canister for Waste Paper Collection '. Canister is missing the bottom cap which has now been replaced by a modern cap to maintain shape. Some fading with some marks. Uncommon. read more
Comic postcard - Blackout.
Comic Postcard featuring the work of Brian White ( born 1902; died 1984 ) who was a British cartoonist, creating 'The Nipper' for the Daily Mail between 1933 and 1947. This card published by Valentines featuring his trademark children. Postally used but with a few mark, bumps , creases etc. Scarce.
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18.00 GBP
The West Bromwich War Weapons Week lapel badge.
25mm tin and celluloid, pin back lapel badge produced in aid of the The West Bromwich War Weapons Week. This War Weapons Week was probably held between 15th and 22nd March1941. Probably given in exchange for a donation to the fund and in good, used condition. read more
Wandsworth Peace Celebration Souvenir Gift.
Silver EPNS spoon given by Wandsworth Borough Council as a souvenir gift as part of their peace celebrations in 1945. Spoon features a design with a dove surmounting a ' victory V ' over a sword. The bowl of the spoon engraved ' Wandsworth 1945 '. Good, clean condition, lightly patination. read more