ARP Handbook No.1. - Thurrock ARP.
124pgs 1939ed .ARP Handbook No.1. - 'Personal Protection Against Gas'. This ubiquitous volume was issued in large numbers and deals principally with gasmasks and gas. Sections on decontamination and anti-gas treatment also included. Illustrated with b/w photographs, sketches and diagrams. In good, used condition with contemporary annotations and featuring a Thurrock UDC ARP stamp to front cover. read more
Warwickshire ARP Warden armband.
Superb ARP armband bearing the bear and staff emblem of the county of Warwickshire and the title ' ARP Air Raid Warden '. In excellent, clean condition with some minor marks, printed and inked issue details to the reverse. An excellent example. read more
1936 ARP Anti - Gas Training.
1936 Home Office ARP Dept. ' Anti-Gas Training '. Early 6pg memorandum outlining initial plans from establishing anti - gas schools to the provision of local training. Good, used condition with light rusting of staples read more
Boys Brigade National Service lapel badge.
Silvered, pinback badge indicating National Service with the Boys Brigade. Members undertook similar duties to the Boy Scouts such as acting as messengers and other light duties with the CD services. Good, used, bright condition . Uncommon. read more
Home Guard Fieldcraft Manual.
2nd, 1942ed of the Home Guard Fieldcraft Manual by Major John Langdon-Davies. This manual concentrates on concealment and camouflage and how to use natural cover. 173pgs including chapters on night training, sniper suits, concealment from the air and a 'reception for airborne troops'. Langdon-Davies was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and... read more
Early War Air Raid Warden armband.
Early war, screen printed, red on yellow Air Raid Warden armband. Four cloth ties to the corners.. Good example of an early armband. Good, used, condition with light marking and moth free. read more
Comic Postcard - Hitler.
Comic postcard by the artist ' Taylor ' published by the well known Yorkshire company Bamforth. Featuring a derisive image of Hitler, Churchillian exhortation to the reverse, postally used. Slightly grubby condition but scarce.
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Uncut Home Guard Shoulder titles.
A pair of matching, screen printed Home Guard shoulder titles as issued, uncut . Excellent, clean condition. read more
Utility Furniture Catalogue.
Scarce Feb1945, Board of Trade, Utility Furniture Catalogue. 16pg card covered catalogue illustrated throughout with the styles of furniture available under the new ' Utility ' scheme. With an introduction by Hugh Dalton who oversaw the introduction of the scheme, there are also comprehensive guidelines as to the qualifications to obtaining permits for purchase.
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Gas Identification Officer shoulder title.
Printed cotton G.I.O. shoulder title for use by Gas Identification Officers of the Civil Defence services. Introduced in 1944 to indicate the specialist qualification of GIO who were to indicate the ' Designation and Identification of War Gases '. An uncommon title and in excellent unissued condition. read more