These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling.
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WWII comic postcard.
Comic postcard \' To Hell with Hitler \'. Postally used with a note concerning a holiday .... \' a grand time.... with average weather \'. Slight fox...

Raiders Overhead - Barbara Nixon.
\'Raiders Overhead\' - The Record of a London Warden by Barbara Nixon. 166 page 1943 1st Ed illustrated with author\'s own line drawings. In excellent...

Wartime packet of Rinso washing powder .
Wartime packet of Rinso washing powder. Economy packet with two colour printing directly onto cardboard. Packet has waste paper collection slogan to o...

CD Training Pamphlet No2. Objects Dropped from the
Important Civil Defence Training Pamphlet detailing all the objects dropped from the air likely to be encountered by CD personnel. Printed in 1943 and...

Training of Air Raid Wardens Pamphlet.
1939 dated, 11 page booklet issued by HMSO dedicated to the training of Air Raid Wardens. Early work setting out an outline syllabus for the Warden tr...

Wings For Victory poster.
38cms x 50cms two colour poster published by the National Savings Committee for the Wings For Victory campaign. Poster shows various bomber aircraft i...

Hospital respirator.
The British Hospital Respirator was a special purpose civilian respirator designed for use by hospital patients who were bed-ridden with sickness or h...

Emergency Food Officer lapel badge.
Gilt and enamel lapel badge for a Ministry of Food \'Emergency Food Officer\'. Mounted on it\'s original manufacturer\'s card with the details of H.W....

ARP for Animals, Handbook No12
ARP Handbook No.12 \' Air Raid Precautions for Animals \'. 1st Ed, 1939, 28 pages dealing with all subjects from evacuation to humane methods of dispa...

Forest of Dean Spitfire Fund badge.
Generic pattern chrome Spitfire Fund pinback badge for the Forest of Dean. Probably given or sold in exchange for a donation to the fund. Pin and fitt...

Police War Reserve lapel badge.
White metal and enamel lapel badge by Thos. Fattorini, B\'ham. This style of badge was in use from October of 1939, issued to members of the war rese...

ARP Directions for the Erection...of the Galvanise
1939 Directions for the Erection and Sinking of the Galvanised Corrugated Steel Shelter. 16pg illustrated pamphlet giving instructions for the constr...

Victory Bell.
RAF Benevolent Fund Victory Bell. Cast in 1945 in metal \' from German aircraft shot down over Britain 1939-1945 \' the bell features a prominent \'...

Alnwick Battalion Home Guard designation.
Printed Home Guard shoulder title accompanied by a shield of six vertical yellow and red stripes, the shield of St.Oswald, signifying Northumberland u...

NFS 30 Breast badge.
Mint, unissued NFS breast badge for 30 Fire force covering East Kent with headquarters in Maidstone. Embroidered on wool in fresh condition with one...

Timber Corps lapel badge.
Die struck silver lapel badge for the Women\'s Land Army Timber Corps. Pin back badge by Walker & Wall Ltd, Sheffield. The Timber Corps was founded i...

Boxed AFS lapel badge.
White metal and enamel badge for the AFS. Contained in it\'s original box with matching issue numbers to box and badge and in mint, unissued condition...

Thompson Submachine Gun manual.
1942 Manual for the Thompson Submachine Gun published by Gale & Polden. 32 pages, illustrated throughout, intended for sale to Home Guard and other si...

Patriotic early-war postcard.
Published by Bamforth as part of their \' wartime greeting \' series, this coloured photocard features a group of singing soldiers and the opening lin...

Dudley Warship Week button badge.
Tin and celluloid, pin back, button badge for the \' County Borough of Dudley Warships Week Nov.1941 \'. In excellent, bright condition with one very ...

The Black-Out Book.
The Black-Out Book compiled by Evelyn August 1939. \'This little book was planned with one purpose in mind - to provide the average family with suffic...

WLA hat badge.
Brass and enamel Women\'s Land Army badge for the elusive WLA hat. This badge is lugged unlike the majority found which are pinbacked. In good clean c...

Meet the Members - Timber Corps history.
\' Meet the Members - A Record of the Timber Corps of the Women\'s Land Army \'. 76pgs, 12 B/W illustrations. A contemporary history of the Timber Cor...

Fire Guard lapel badge
Nickel and enamel pinback lapel badge for a Local Fire Guard Instructor. These badges were authorised in 1944 for instructors in the Fire Guard Servic...

Leicester Spitfire Fund badge.
Tin,card and celluloid, pin back button badge for the Lord Mayor\'s Leicester & County Spitfire Fund. In good clean condition with some very minor fox...

Gracie Fields sheet music for evacuated children.
Sheet music entitled \' Goodnight Children Everywhere - with a tender thought to all evacuated children.\' Featured and broadcast by Gracie Fields in ...

Wings for Victory plaque
White plastic Wings for Victory Week plaque. Presented by the Air Ministry for the war savings campaign of 1943 and often to be found displayed in pub...

Essex Police War Reserve lapel badge
Chrome and enamel Essex Police War Reserve lapel badge. Half moon ,button hole fixing, mfr. Gaunt, London. Enamel in clean, bright, undamaged conditio...

The Rise and Ascent of Number Two Platoon.
52pg History of \"A\" Company,17th Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard by Harold Jager, printed in 1945. 17th Cheshire was the Heswall Battalion. This illu...

Home Guard manual of Unarmed Combat.
Commercially printed, pocket book size manual of \'Commando & Guerilla Warfare...Unarmed Combat\', for Home Guard and Service Use. Published by Bernar...

Boxed Staffordshire Police Reserve lapel badge.
Boxed white metal and enamel lapel badge by Gaunts of London.Box and badge with matching numbers 852 This style of badge was in use from October of 19...

Police War Reserve lapel badge.
White metal and enamel lapel badge by Thos. Fattorini, B\'ham. This generic style of badge was in use from October of 1939, issued to members of the w...

National service badge.
Evocative national service badge featuring London skyline overflown by a barrage balloon. This trademark was used by P.B.Cow Ltd a rubber and plastics...

National ARP Animals lapel badge
N.A.R.P.A.C. Animal Guard silver wash and enamel lapel badge. Pin back fixing, mfr. Vaughtons, Birmingham. Numbered 611 to reverse. In excellent brigh...

Helmet Respirator.
This respirator was designed for use by those who had certain medical conditions which prevented the use of regular gas masks. This device was dubbed ...

Warwickshire Air Raid 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 wi...

Home Guard Helmet.
Khaki painted Mk.II No.2B mild steel helmet issued to the Home Guard. The mild steel helmet was an attempt to redress the shortage of helmets availabl...

WW2 Women\'s Auxiliary Police Corps lapel badge.
Chrome and enamel WAPC lapel badge by Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham. With half moon lapel fitting and in excellent condition with undamaged enamel. The...

ARP News - June 1938.
Scarce, early edition of ARP News for June 1938. 34 page magazine devoted to the increasing awareness of Air Raid Precautions. Features include lesson...

WVS London Civil Defence arm badge.
Early WVS Civil Defence embroidered arm badge and area title. Arm badge and area title embroidered on flannel which was discontinued in favour of felt...

Civil Defence lapel badge with war service chevron
White metal and enamel Civil Defence badge with half moon lapel fitting. This example has the addition of 5 \' war service \' chevrons to the bottom o...

National Household Milk tin.
National Household Milk tin which used to contain skimmed milk powder. The National Milk scheme was introduced in December 1941 after milk fell under ...

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...

WVS armband.
. Armband in green cloth with printed WVS in black. Of the pattern authorised in 1940 for members of the WVS in contact with the Civil Defence service...

Unilever ARP lapel badge.
Bright, colourful ARP badge for the well known company Unilever. Brass and enamel pinback badge by Thos. Fattorini, B\'ham in excellent condition with...

NARPAC Animal Guard armband.
Printed canvas armband for an Animal Guard of NARPAC - National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee. NARPAC was set up jointly by the RSPCA and PDS...

WVS neck brooch.
White metal, pinback WVS dress or blouse badge. Worn at the neck and thought to have been introduced sometime during 1940. In excellent condition....

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...

Small child\'s gasmask.
More commonly known as the\' Mickey Mouse \' gasmask because of it\'s bright colours and appearance the Small Child\'s Respirator was designed for you...

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...

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...

Women\'s R.O.C. breast badge.
Embroidered Royal Observer Corps breast badge. This is the scarce smaller version issued to women for use on the battledress blouse. In used, slightly...

Cadbury\'s Ration Chocolate.
A rare survivor ! A complete bar of Cadbury\'s \' Ration \' chocolate. In it\'s utility, printed waxed paper wrapper bearing the slogan \' Cadbury\'s ...

Wartime Cadbury\'s Chocolate Toffee bar.
Original wartime Cadbury,s Chocolate Filled Block - Toffee. Marked with the controlled price printed directly onto greaseproof type wrapper. Contents ...

Civil Air Guard cap badge.
A chromed struck, crowned wreath containing the enamelled letters \' CAG \'. Intended for wear in the CAG FS style cap, the badge was introduced short...

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...

Exeter War Weapons Week badge.
Celluloid and tin pin badge for Exeter\'s War Weapons Week,1941. 30mm badge manufactured by Thos.Fattorini, B\'ham. In good overall condition with som...

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

\' 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...

\'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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 ...