ARP Armband - Scout Movement.
Good quality, embroidered ARP armband. Lined to inside with adjustable buckle fastening probably stemming from the early war period before standardisation of insignia. Some slight moth damage but otherwise in good order. There is strong evidence connecting the use of this armband with the Scout movement such as ARP messengers. read more
Home Guard Instruction No.12 - Factory Defence.
1940 Home Guard Instruction No.12 ' Factory Defence '. 4pg leaflet outlining the basic points of providing defence for factories against sabotage, ground and air attack. Early Home Guard publication ( August 1940 ) in good, used condition, ex War Office Library,some marks to cover. read more
' I Couldn't Care Less ' - ATA Memoire.
C1946 1st ed. ' I Couldn't Care Less ' by Anthony Phelps published by The Harborough Publishing Co. Ltd. The story of an Air Transport Auxiliary pilot's experiences illustrated with b/w photographs complete with chipped and marked d/w. read more
Comic postcard - Gas Masks !
Bamforth comic postcard in the ' Comic ' series with a gas mask theme. Postally unused and in good, used condition with light marking.
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Glamorgan Special Constable's Lapel Badge.
Chrome and enamel lapel badge worn by a Glamorgan Special constable. Larger than the normal pattern ( 26mm ) with half moon lapel fitting, numbered to reverse with manufacturer's details ' H.W.Miller, B'ham '. Good, bright used condition with some surface abrasions. read more
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ARP Memorandum No.15 Care & Custody of Equipment.
1942 3rd ed. ARP Memorandum No.15 ' Care and Custody of Equipment '. 51pgs useful document giving scales of issue of equipment from gas masks to sandbags for various of the Civil Defence organisations and it's subsequent care. Rusting to staples but otherwise generally good, clean condition. read more
Home Guard matchbox cover.
Tin and celluloid matchbox cover featuring the Home Guard badge to both sides. In good, used condition with minor foxing and some light marking. read more
W.V.S. Street Leader Armband.
The WVS Street Leader was a position created by a 1942 decentralisation of the WVS organisation to mirror that of the Warden's service and an encouragement of WVS members to undertake elementary CD training. Thus new posts were created within the WVS Housewives Service with the Street Leader being tasked with liaising with groups of 50 houses. With the 1943 introduction of the grey armband for ... read more
Hove Warship Week Fob.
Celluloid disc given in exchange for a contribution to Hove's Warship Web held between March 14th - 21st. Double-sided originally issued with a ribbon and pin. read more
Comic postcard - ARP
Comic postcard featuring the work of the artist Mabel Lucie Attwell and one of her trademark children with a ARP theme. Postally unused and in good, clan condition.
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