Food Control Register.
Register of Customers for Rationed Foods Food Control Book. Landscape format register listing Names addresses and National Registration numbers of a number of customers of an as yet unidentified grocer in North West London. Register lists address in Ladbrooke Grove and Wembley and their consumption of rationed goods from some time in 1943.Good, used condition with some marking to covers. read more
Wartime Valor Oil Heater Wick.
Wartime Valor oil heater wick contained in it's original box with a National Salvage Campaign slogan and another ' War Emergency ' message from Valor . Good, clean, N.O.S. condition. read more
History of 6th Perthshire Battalion Home Guard.
1st ed. History of 6th Perthshire Battalion Home Guard
( Perth City Battalion ). 63pgs from the inception to Stand Down. Comes with appendices with lists of officers and honours and awards. Ex IWM library, good, clean condition, has been folded. Scottish HG histories are not common. read more
Civil Defence Instructors' Manual.
Large, foolscap format Civil Defence Instructors' Manual. Complied by the Derbyshire Civil Defence Instructors' Association circa 1942/43. Exhaustive coverage ( 184pgs ) covering everything from stirrup pumps, gas, shelters, incidents, bomb identification to animals, aircraft and protective clothing. Tatty covers but clean contents with minor foxing. read more
Early WVS Great Yarmouth Civil Defence arm badge.
First Pattern, early WVS Civil Defence arm badge and Great Yarmouth area title. First introduced in 1939, these early pattern badges were embroidered on flannel which was then replaced by felt in 1941. Intended to be worn on the lower part of the right sleeve of either the jacket or overcoat it was sometimes encountered worn on civilian suits. Good, used condition with clear evidence of having ... read more
Home Guard Pamphlet on Road Blocks and Check Points.
1941ed. ' Notes for the Home Guard on Road Blocks and Check Points ' 11pg pamphlet with diagrams. Describes the use of blocks, obstacles and mines and the use of ' EL ' vehicle labels. Minor marking of covers but clean contents. Uncommon. read more
Respiration Service Manual and badge.
1942 13th ed. ' Artificial Respiration are you Prepared ? '. 71pgs written with an ARP audience in mind, illustrated with diagrams and sketches, complete with pull out exam report sheets. Also includes a page about the Service's badge which is included with this manual. The silvered pinback lapel badge for the Royal Life Saving Society's Respiration Service was worn by many of the services invo... read more
Waterbottle and Carrier - Home Guard issue.
Home Guard standard issue water bottle and leather carrier. 1941 dated leather carrier manufacturer marked ' H.R.Aulton & Co.Ltd '. In excellent condition with some minor marking to carrier. read more
Comic Postcard - Five Inches !
Comic postcard featuring the work of the artist ' Dinah ' and one of her trademark children portraying the energy saving practice of only using five inches of hot water. Postally used,1944, with some marking, patriotic Churchillian exhortation to reverse.
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CD Senior Warden Rank Chevrons.
Pair of felt on wool chevrons for the Civil Defence rank of Senior Warden. In good, used condition with clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform. read more