9th Cornwall Battalion Home Guard cloth badge.
Scarce WW II printed example of the white and green sign worn by the 9th. Camborne Battalion of the Cornwall Home Guard. A white shield with fifteen bezants and the number "9" on a green background. In excellent, unissued, condition, folded to shape with clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform. read more
95.00 GBP
ARP Memorandum No.5 Anti-Gas Training.
1938 2nd Ed. ARP Memorandum No.5 ' Anti-Gas Training '. 43pgs listing materials available for trading including gas vans. Also includes details of local and national anti-gas training courses. Good, used condition with light marking and rusting of staples. read more
1st (Tenby) Battalion, Pembrokeshire Home Guard titles.
A set of printed blue/black on khaki Home Guard shoulder titles for the 1st (Tenby) Battalion, Pembrokeshire Home Guard. Unused as issued, close cut. read more
Morrison Table Shelter Leaflet.
8pg, illustrated leaflet ' How to Put up Your Morrison " Table " Shelter '. Published by the Ministry of Home Security this leaflet lists all parts and gives extensive instruction on the siting and erection of the Morrison shelter with illustrations to most pages. This example comes with printed warning notice stapled to the interior. This uncommon leaflet has been folded and is in heavily used... read more
Home Guard Pocket Book.
1940 ' Home Guard Pocket Book ' by Brig-Gen.A.F.U.Green of the West Sussex Home Guard. Published with funds going to the West Sussex HG with 100pgs containing chapters on demolition, weapons, aircraft identification, musketry, drill, strategy & tactics. Illustrated throughout with sketches and diagrams. Good, used condition with some chipping to spine and scarce. read more
Torquay Wings for Victory pin badge.
Tin and card pinback badge for Torquay Wings for Victory week March 6-13 1943. Probably given in exchange for a donation to the fund. In good condition with some marking. read more
The Fire-Party's Handbook.
C1941 ' The Fire-Party's Handbook ' by R.F.Reynolds and others. 16pgs dealing with the specific threat posed by the incendiary bomb and the actions needed to combat them. Illustrated throughout with sketches and diagrams. Excellent clean condition read more
Home Guard Issue Shotgun Cartridges
WD 12 Bore shotgun cartridges widely issued to the Home Guard in an effort to make a shotgun a more effective weapon by making a heavier projectile load. These cartridges were 12 bore SG containing 9x8.mm pellets and are clearly broad arrow ' SG ' marked to the side of the cartridge and manufactured by Eley-Kynoch. Visibly inert with small hole to primer as per current Home Office/Police guidel... read more
ARP - A Practical Guide.
1939ed. ' ARP a Practical Guide ' for the householder and air-raid warden by S.Evelyn Thomas 90pgs giving all major aspects of ARP including gas, shelters, decontamination incendiaries etc. Illustrated with b/w photographs and sketches and colour plates featuring the ARP cigarette cards issued by W&H.O.Wills. Good, used, clean, condition. read more
Ministry of Food Armband.
Printed blue and white Ministry of Food ' Food ' armband. Probably for use by MOF emergency food officers, this example in used condition with some marking. and snags. read more