ARP Handbook No.13 Fire Protection.
1942ed. 91pg Handbook No.13 'Fire Protection - For the guidance of occupiers of factories and other business premises.' Covering subjects from emergency water supplies, fire watchers and fire pumps this wide ranging manual, illustrated with diagrams and sketches, sets out to defeat the menace of the incendiary bomb. In excellent, used condition with some very minor marking to covers, one of the... read more
Warship Week Badge.
20mm card and tin pin back badge featuring a generic design ' Our Warship Week '. Good, used condition with very minor foxing. read more
Shelley ARP Bon Bon Dish.
Bone china Bon bon dish by Shelley featuring a hand-painted ARP badge. Good, clean, undamaged condition. read more
Volunteer Agricultural Camp Lapel Badge.
Celluloid and tin, pin back badge for a volunteer in a Volunteer Agricultural Camp. The VACs were set up as part of the Dig for Victory and Lend a hand on the Land campaigns where volunteers were treated to a working holiday particularly at harvest time. Good, used condition. read more
35.00 GBP
Home Guard Pocket Manual.
1944 revised edition ' The Home Guard Pocket Manual ' by A.Southworth, RSM Sevenoaks HG.72pgs inc. b/w illustrations and sketches outlining everything from weapon training, drill, scouting and battlecraft to field fortifications. In good, used condition with minor marking to covers and one small tear. read more
WLA Ten Year Service Award.
A scarce example of the Ten Year Service award for the Women's Land Army. Cast gilt and enamel, pinback badge made by J.R.Gaunt, London. This was accompanied by a certificate bearing an impression of the badge and was awarded for 10 years ' good ' service and was only ever awarded to a small number of Land Girls, consequently difficult to find and would rate alongside the Timber Corps silver ba... read more
Area Eight - CD Services in Stroud and Gloucestershire.
1945 1st ed. " Area Eight " in the War against Hitlerism - being an account of the Civil Defence Services and A.R.P. in Stroud and Nailsworth. 244pg, thorough examination of the CD services of this particular area of Gloucestershire covering everything from training exercises to the work of the WVS, Gas Identification Services, Wardens' service, N.A.R.P.A.C. etc. Illustrated throughout with b/w... read more
45.00 GBP
Home Guard Proficiency Certificate - West Riding.
Home Guard Certificate of Proficiency to a L/Cpl.. in the 22nd West Riding ( Calder Valley ) Home Guard. Certificate indicates the tests required to obtain the HG proficiency badges , in this case
Gen. knowledge, Sten, battlecraft, map reading and first aid. Certificate in good condition with some marking and creasing with copy roll from the unit indicating the owner served with the 2n... read more
London Auxiliary Ambulance Service Shoulder title.
Scarce embroidered gold cotton on bluette shoulder title for use by the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service . Paper backing largely intact with evidence of having been removed from a uniform. read more
S.A.T. Pamphlet Vol I No.3 Rifle - Lincs Home Guard.
1942 S.A.T Vol.I, Pamphlet No.3 Rifle. 44pg manual dealing with the mechanism, deployment and use of the No.3 and No.4 rifles complete with a section on the No.4T sniper rifle. The manual bears the stamp of the 2nd Kesteven Battalion of the Lincs Home Guard. Good, used condition with some light marking and creasing. read more