ARP Training Manual No.1 - Basic Training.
1940, reprint 1941 edition ARP Training Manual No.1 ' Basic Training in Air Raid Precautions '.85pgs with illustrations and diagrams. Large format manual dealing with gas, high explosive bombs, shelters, incendiaries etc including all basic principles of personal protection against air attack. Good used condition with some light creasing, marking etc. read more
Comic postcard - Stirrup Pump.
Comic postcard featuring the work of the artist Mabel Lucie Attwell and one of her trademark children with a stirrup pump and ARP theme. Postally used with minor marking.
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Tipton's War Weapons Week badge.
32mm, tin and celluloid, pin back lapel badge probably given in exchange for a contribution to Tipton's War Weapons Week held on Mar 8th - 15th 1941. Featuring a warship design and in good, used condition with no corrosion. read more
.303 Lewis Gun - Know Your Weapons No.2.
1941ed. part of the ' Know Your Weapons ' series by the Publishers Nicholson & Watson ' .303 Lewis Gun ' has 48pgs with diagrams and sketches outlining the mechanism, action and use of the Lewis gun. Compiled by Home Guard instructors Capt.Jacklin and Derek Whipp. Excellent, clean condition. read more
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Bristol Air raid Warden Breast badge.
Early embroidered red cotton on bluette breast badge for use on the boiler suit by an air raid warden from Bristol. Good used condition and scarce. read more
Birth of a Spitfire - the story of the MAP and the Spitfire Funds.
1941 1st ed. ' Birth of a Spitfire ' by Gordon Beckles. 160pgs outlining the story of Lord Beaverbrook and the Ministry of Aircraft Production and the involvement of the Spitfire Funds. Details fund raising efforts, scrap drives, construction and the issuing of a Spitfire. Illustrated throughout b/w photographs. Good, used condition with a marked d/w with chips, tears, creasing etc but under a ... read more
Wandsworth Borough Council CD Canteen.
Gilt and enamel, pin back badge for a voluntary member of staff of the Wandsworth Borough Council Civil Defence Canteen. Overlooked area of CD duties serving up ' Char and wads ' to Civil Defence teams in London. Scarce badge and in clean, bright, undamaged condition. read more
Helmets of the Home Front.
Helmets of the Home Front - An introduction to the markings of non-military helmets used on the British Home Front in WW2 by Adrian and George Blake. The first book dedicated to the markings on non-military helmets used in Britain, with over 300 pages and over 1,000 helmets in full colour. A well researched study that will become the standard work on the subject. Limited edition print run and n... read more
Gas Mask Banding Machine.
A.R.P. machine for fitting the large rubber, retaining band in place on civilian Gas Masks. Made by Buss & Elston in 1938, whose impressed mark appears on the side, the machine works by placing a Civilian Gas Mask filter face down in the six open claws of the machine with the large rubber band on the outside. The gas mask is then fitted over the filter and the large handle raised to take the pr... read more
National Association of Spotters' Club grouping.
Membership card, subs receipt, Defence medal ribbon and brass and enamel lapel badge for the National Association of Spotters Clubs or NASC. The NASC was an umbrella organisation linking the large number of aircraft spotters and recognition clubs that proliferated in schools and youth organisations. Pin fitting to the reverse, manufacturer marked ' Roden, London ' with membership card with a lo... read more