These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling.
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\' Old Bill \' style character sweet container.
Pressed cardboard or papier mache caricture figure in the style of Bruce Bairnsfather\'s \' Old Bill \' character. These items were produced in the Ph...

Air Raid Warden enamel sign.
Small size 38 x 150mm Air Raid Warden, yellow and black, enamel door sign. Minor chipping and corrosion to obverse, same to reverse but otherwise in e...

National ARP For Animals Horse Standing poster.
41 x 18cms paper poster issued by NARPAC to indicate a safe area for horses post-raid....

Herefordshire War Weapons Week badge.
Tin and celluloid button badge for Herefordshire War Weapons Week 1941, made by Thos.Fattorini, B\'ham. In good condition with some light rusting to r...

AFS sidecap.
Two colored,wool, AFS sidecap. Size 7 and one eighth with chrome and enamel AFS cap badge and chromed buttons. Modelled on the Army\'s field service c...

Warwickshire ARP armband.
Superb ARP armband bearing the bear and staff emblem of the county of Warwickshire and the title ARP First Aid Point. In excellent, clean condition wi...

WLA shoulder title,Gloucestershire.
Very uncommon embroidered Women\'s Land Army shoulder title for Gloucestershire. Red cotton on green wool in good unmothed condition clearly having be...

Herefordshire War Weapons Week badge.
Tin and celluloid button badge for Herefordshire War Weapons Week 1941, made by Thos.Fattorini, B\'ham. In good condition with some light rusting to r...

\'Who\'s Who or Food for Thought\' wartime card ga
Early war/Phoney War period card game featuring the main leaders of the time, Hitler, Chamberlain, Gamelin etc and food items. The idea of the game, l...

Struwwelhitler - A Nazi Story Book.
Wartime parody of the children\'s storybook \' Struwwelpeter \' sold in aid of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund. 24pgs of colourful cartoons and rhyme...

ARP clasp knife.
Uncommon 1939 ARP clasp knife by George Gill & Sons, Sheffield. Single bladed stainless steel bodied clasp knife with spike and lanyard ring. Clearly ...

L.N.E.R. Railway national service badge.
Brass and enamel London & North Eastern Railway national service badge. Half moon lapel fitting numbered E3964 to reverse. Manufactured by Fattorini &...

Anderson shelter spanner.
Another of these difficult to find shelter accessories. Rat-tailed spanner supplied with the Anderson shelter in kit form. One end of the spanner was ...

Lindsey area title breast badge.
Emroidered gold on blue area title for Lindsey. Designed for wear below the CD breast badge. In excellent, unissued condition....

NFS Women\'s cap.
National Fire Service women\'s \' ski \' cap. On general issue from 1943, the reinforced cotton, peaked ski cap was intended to replace the FS style c...

WVS sealed pattern.
1942 Sealed Pattern issued by the Chief Inspectorate of Clothing featuring a small woven WVS label. This type of label is often found in berets and ot...

Home Guard Bomb Disposal badge.
Printed Home Guard Bomb Disposal sleeve badge. Special badge introduced in August 1943 for members of the Home Guard Auxiliary Bomb Disposal Units. Ba...

Evacuation window card.
18cm x 9.5cm card for display in windows showing involvement in the government evacuation sheme. It was primarily designed for display in the windows ...

Cambridgeshire Home Guard shoulder flashes.
Pair of two piece construction, shoulder flashes worn by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely battalions of the Home Guard. The 25mm x 10mm flashes were...

NOX ARP lampshield.
Boxed NOX ARP lampshield. Two piece, bakelite light bulb cover designed to restrict the amount of light given off by a light bulb in order to conform ...

AFS cap badge.
Chrome and enamel cap badge for the Auxiliary Fire Service. Solid, heavy, early issue badge with both lugs intact and clearly maker marked, excellent ...

ARP whistle and lanyard.
Nickel ARP whistle by Hudson & Co.,B\'ham with attached white lanyard. The white lanyard was regulation, when a lanyard was worn, for the London Civil...

A.S.E.A. Electric Ltd. ARP lapel badge.
A large (30mm) and striking chrome and enamel ARP badge to the A.S.E.A. Electric company. Button hole fixing, by J.R.Gaunt, London. In bright, clean c...

Land Girl Manual.
Land Girl - A manual for volunteers in the women\'s land army by W.E.Shewell-Cooper. 123pgs, linen covers, 2nd Ed.1942. The bible for WLA members cove...

Post 1943 Fire Guard armband.
Fire Guard armlet introduced after the 1943 reorganisation of the FG service where all insignia was changed to white on blue to differentiate itself f...

Salute the Soldier badge
Tin and card Birmingham Salutes the Soldier button badge. Badge has an integral stamped fastening which is intact. Minor corrosion to tin border but c...

North Midland Coal Owners Collieries ARP badge
Attractive silver washed and enamelled lapel badge for the North Midland Coal Owners Collieries ARP. Half moon lapel fitting, un-damaged enamel, some ...

Home Guard Armband
Standard, printed Home Guard armband on general issue from late 1940. Issued in lieu of uniform and or other insignia the armband saw continued servic...

WW2 Police steel helmet.
A good example of the standard Mk II steel helmet for use by the Police. Blue painted with white stencilling\' POLICE \' to front.Paintwork rates at a...

NFS/AFS Mk II steel helmet.
A good 1939 dated Mk II steel helmet for use by the NFS of 12 Fire Force ( centred on Cambridge ). Originally this helmet was used by the AFS whose wh...

Women\'s Home Guard Auxiliary brooch badge.
Plastic, pin-back brooch badge designed to be worn by women Home Guard Auxiliaries. Manufactured by Stanley & Sons, Walsall and marked to the reverse ...

R.O.C. Beret badge
White metal R.O.C. beret badge introduced form June 1940. Depicts an Elizabethan coast watcher surrounded by a laurel wreath. ...

ARP Bell.
Cast brass bell with wooden handle stamped ARP to rim and the intials G & J 1939. These bells were used by ARP personnel to signal gas attack or air ...

Time pencil.
WW2 British pattern time pencil as issued to Auxiliary Units. This alloy, copper and brass example has most of it\'s original finish complete with red...

Womens Land Army badge
Brass and enamel pinback WLA badge by H.W.M ( Millers ). Gilding in fresh condition, some wear to highpoints, with intact and undamaged enamel....

Auxiliary Unit lapel badge.
Excellent example of the scarce Home Guard Auxiliary Unit lapel badge. Chrome and enamel badge with half moon button hole fixing....

WVS Centre Staff \' rank \' bar.
Chrome and paint, pin back, \' rank \' bar for Centre Staff. Introduced in 1940 and added to through the war these brooches were intially made in chro...

National ARP For Animals Horse Standing poster.
41 x 18cms paper poster issued by NARPAC to indicate a safe area for horses post-raid....

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. Very slightly gr...

Blue Salvage Steward\'s plastic badge.
Scarce blue Ministry of Supply Salvage Steward\'s plastic, pinback badge. Introduced from 1942 for full time employees of shops and offices involved i...

Warwickshire ARP armband.
Superb ARP armband bearing the bear and staff emblem of the county of Warwickshire and the title ARP First Aid Point. In excellent, clean condition wi...

WLA shoulder title,Gloucestershire.
Very uncommon embroidered Women\'s Land Army shoulder title for Gloucestershire. Red cotton on green wool in good unmothed condition clearly having be...

INERT German 1kg B1E Incendiary bomb.
The standard German 1kg incendiary bomb dropped on the UK in profusion and the baine of the Civil Defence services. Filled with thermite and made from...

Children\'s storybook \' Flak \'
\' Flak \' the story of a canine hero of the war by Shirley Goulden. Nicely illustrated children\'s wartime story book. Clean copy , however, in three...

WW2 Police steel helmet.
A good example of the standard Mk II steel helmet for use by the Police. Blue painted with white stencilling\' POLICE \' to front.Paintwork rates at a...

Home Guard haversack.
Scarce example of the Home Guard issue haversack. Unique to the HG the haversack was made from a rubberised canvas with a single buckle fastening. Th...

AFS sidecap.
Two colored,wool, AFS sidecap. Size 7 and one eighth with chrome and enamel AFS cap badge and chromed buttons. Modelled on the Army\'s field service c...

The Bull\'s Eye - A tale of the London Target.
94pg illustrated account of the bombing of London by the Group Co-ordinating Officer of the Civil Defence for the East End. Pub.1943 by Reginald Bell...

Ration chocolate
Wartime Cadbury\'s Chocolate. - Fruit flavoured Filled Block. This pack has the original contents which at some time has bled and stained the wrapper,...

ARP clasp knife.
Uncommon 1939 ARP clasp knife by George Gill & Sons, Sheffield. Single bladed stainless steel bodied clasp knife with spike and lanyard ring. Clearly ...

NFS Women\'s cap.
National Fire Service women\'s \' ski \' cap. On general issue from 1943, the reinforced cotton, peaked ski cap was intended to replace the FS style c...

Spitfire Fund badge
Generic chrome Spitfire Fund pinback badge. Probably given or sold in exchange for a donation to the fund. Pin and fitting in good condition....

Fire Guard lapel badge
Gilt and enamel Fire Watcher\'s lapel badge. Half moon buttonhole fitting, gilt bright and fresh. Badge worn by the force intended to stop the spread ...

Wings for Victory badge.
Tin and card Birmingham Wings for Victory button badge. Pin intact, clean image and tin surround....

Careless Talk Costs Lives poster by Fougasse II
One of the series of eight posters published by the Ministry of Information under the title of \' Careless Talk \'. Designed by Punch cartoonist \' Fo...

Wallasey Civil Defence lapel badge
Chrome and enamel Wallasey Civil Defence lapel badge. Half moon button hole fixing made by Fattorini , Birmingham. In very clean fresh condition with ...