WVS Housewives Sevice lapel badge.
25mm x 12mm Chrome and enamel pinback badge for the WVS Housewives Service.The Housewives Service were members of the WVS who were unable to leave home because of domestic commitments but were trained to help the Civil Defence services in their locality particularly in the care of casualties. Undamaged enamel with an enamelling flaw at top edge. read more
WLA Portraits.
2 x b/w portraits of ' Win ' a member of the WLA probably based in Sussex. Both portraits show good uniform detail.
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Defence - The Services' Magazine & Home Guard Monthly - 1944.
October 1944ed of the Home Guard Monthly ' Defence 'with articles on ' Battle of the Flying Bombs ' and ' Sten Spotlight Projector' in good, clean condition with some minor rusting to staples, light marking. read more
Post D. Some Experiences of an Air Raid Warden.
1941 1st ed. ' Post D. Some Experiences of an Air Raid Warden ' by John Strachey. 135pgs A memoir of the socialist theorist and politician John Strachey's experiences as a London air-raid warden; ' During the war he served in a succession of posts air raid warden, public relations officer, radio commentator, and Royal Air Force wing commander. With the war's end, Strachey was returned to Parlia... read more
Northern Aluminium Co.Ltd War Work Badge.
Chrome and enamel, pin back badge for employees of the Northern Aluminium Co.Ltd a subsidiary of Alcan. Producers of aluminium sheet and extrusions, the Banbury plant produced much of the aluminium used in the British aircraft industry during WW2. Produced by ' Thos.Fattorini, B'ham ' and numbered to the reverse. Excellent, bright condition. read more
Grenades for the Home Guard.
1944 commercially printed manual ' Grenades for the Home Guard - EY Rifle and Cup Discharger ' by Lt.E.W.Manders. Illustrated with diagrams and b/w photographs the 74pg manual covers all major grenade types in service with the British Army as well as a section on German types. Slightly grubby cover but otherwise a good copy of an uncommon manual. read more
A.F.S.Tie.
Scarce example of a wartime tie for a member of the A.F.S. All silk example produced under the ' Apsley ' brand by Hope Bros of Ludgate Hill. Ties were produced for a number of the Home Front services during the War and not commonly encountered. Good, used and faded condition. Scarce. read more
WVS Deputy Centre Organiser ' rank ' bar.
aint and chrome, pin back, ' rank ' bar for Deputy Centre Organiser. Introduced in 1940 and added to through the war these brooches were intially made in chrome and enamel with painted versions added as a wartime expedient. Centre Organiser refers to WVS members employed in local WVS headquarters known as centres.
In good used condtion with minor paint loss, manufacturer marked ' L.Simps... read more
History of the Bromley Home Guard KT51.
C1945 ' A History of the Bromley Home Guard KT51 ' by ' LDV '. Card covers, 80pgs inc. b/w photographs and illustrations covering all aspects of the Battalion's history from formation to Stand Down. Includes a nominal roll of all who served, inc. women organised in date order of joining. Includes a roll of those members who went onto serve with the regular forces. Good, clean condition. read more
Civil Defence ' Cambridge ' Area title.
Embroidered gold on blue Civil Defence area title for Cambridge. Used condition with some edge nibbles. read more