8th Essex, Colchester Battalion Uniform & Shirt.

BD blouse and shirt named to a member of the 8th Essex, ( Colchester ) Battalion Home Guard. Large, Size 17 tunic - Height: 6' - 6'2" Chest: 41-43" Waist 36-37" bearing the rank of Lieutenant to both shoulders ( one pip contemporaneously replaced ) with printed Home Guard shoulder titles and ESX 8 unit designations. Tunic in largely good + condition with grubby interior and some minor moth dam...  read more

Code: 14231

Manchester Warship Week badge.

30mm tin and celluloid pinback badge for Brighton's Warship Week ,Feb21st- 28th 1942. Probably given in exchange for a donation to the fund, this example in good used condition, light corrosion to reverse with some spotting to obverse. Manufactured by Fattorini, B'ham.  read more

Code: 14230

' Keep the Wheels Turning ' Poster.

38 x 50cms Ministry of War Transport poster ' Keep the Wheels Turning - Repair Work is Vital to the War Effort '. Produced by Frank Parkinson Newbould an English poster artist, known for his travel posters and Second World War posters for the War Office as assistant to Abram Games. Printed for HMSO by H.M.Manly & Son Ltd and in good, used condition with light marking and creasing.  read more

Code: 14229

Lyons Coffee - Ministry of Food.

Wartime tin for Lyons Coffee . This tin contained an' Emergency Blend ' whose configuration had been altered because of the general lack of coffee. Ministry of Food instructions to the reverse. This example is in a tall 17cm size. Good, clean condition with some abrasions to printed finish and bruising.  read more

Code: 14228

89th CCounty of Lancaster (Liverpool) Battalion Home Guard history.

1947 1st Ed., 52pp., 42 photos. Printed & Published by T.W. Gornall & Co., Exchange St. East, Liverpool. Scarce locally produced HG history. Men of the unit were active during the Liverpool blitz, included a bomb disposal unit by 1942 & provided guards on the Mersey tunnel. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Good, used condition with bumping and light marking to boards.  read more

Code: 14227

ARP Air Raid Warden Enamel sign.

23cm x 8cm enamel sign for an ARP Air Raid Warden. Early War period intended for use on doors, gates etc. This example in good, used condition with some minor edge chips and enamel damage around mounting holes..  read more

Code: 14226

Home Guard Humour.

C1945 ' Home Guard Humour - During Four and a Half Years '. 32 pgs filled with jokes and cartoons. Good, used condition with light rusting of staples and creasing of cover.  read more

Code: 14225

M.O.H. Evacuation Hostel lapel badge.

Chromed white metal and enamel pinback badge worn by the staff of the Ministry of Health Evacuation Hostels. The hostels were conceived as part of the Government's 1939 evacuation scheme as a means of removing pregnant women away from danger prior to admission to maternity hospitals. Maker marked ' HWM ' (Millers). In good, clean used condition.  read more

Code: 14224

WW2 Pattern Metropolitan Police Helmet Plate.

Blackened brass helmet plate for use on the police helmet worn by the Metropolitan Police during WW2. Two part badge with a white metal centre, three lugs to reverse. Good, used condition, wear to high points.  read more

Code: 14223

ARP Handbook No.6 ARP in Factories and Businesses.

1938 1st.ed ARP Handbook No.6 'Air Raid Precautions in Factories and Business Premises'.69pgs illustrated with line drawings and diagrams dealing with subjects from trench shelters to decontamination and sandbags to warning systems. In good, used condition with rusting of staples.  read more

Code: 14222