12th Glamorgan ( Swansea ) Home Guard Battalion Titles.
Printed blue/black on khaki Home Guard shoulder titles for the 12th Glamorgan ( Swansea ) Home Guard Battalion. Uncut, unissued set as issued for use on the BD Blouse. read more
Wartime Playing Cards.
A well thumbed pack of Waddingtons playing cards ' manufactured within the limits of War-time restrictions '. This fact is heavily advertised on the box. Good, used condition with a slightly tired and marked box. read more
Manual of Modern Automatic Guns.
C1942 ' Manual of Modern Automatic Guns. ' part of the Bernards series of Key Guides. 18 pgs dealing with automatic guns, Sten, B.A.R., Lewis, Vickers etc. Notes and illustrations. Good, used condition with very light rusting to staples. read more
1939 War service badge.
Gilt and enamel button hole lapel badge by Thos. Fattorini, B'ham. Bright, fresh gilding with undamaged enamel, numbered to the reverse. It is believed that this was one of a batch of test types based on earlier WW1 designs that were rejected in favour of more modern designs and put into storage. This example was amongst an unissued batch with the lowest number 2 and the highest 76, this exampl... read more
Civil Defence Messenger Titles.
A pair of embroidered, round-ended gold on blue ' Messenger ' shoulder titles. The Messenger title was one of those titles authorised in December 1941 and these examples are of the official pattern. Both in good, unissued condition read more
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ARP Memo No.17 Civil Defence Uniforms.
1944 ARP Memorandum No.17 ' Civil Defence Uniforms '. 44pgs outlining all aspects of the use, care and distribution of uniforms for the CD services with tables of scales of distribution, sizing, pattern numbers, and official badges and armlets. Photographic illustrations. Good, used condition, sought after and scarce. read more
ARP ' Warden ' button badge.
25mm Tin and celluloid, pinback button badge for ARP ' Warden '. Good, overall condition with some foxing and very minor corrosion to reverse. read more
Womans' Fire Force 16 Breast Badge.
Printed breast badge for use by women NFS members of Fire Force 16 based in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Excellent unissued condition. read more
Fighting Fires in Crops Leaflet.
1941 leaflet produced by the Ministry of Home Security entitled ' Fighting Fires in Crops '. Increasingly aware of the importance of crops and their vulnerability from incendiary attack the Ministry produced this illustrated leaflet. Good, clean condition, has been folded. read more
Home Guard Handbook.
Good copy of the 'Home Guard Handbook' by John Brophy. This edition was published in 1942 and deals with widespread topics from parachute troops to road blocks and Thompson Gun to 'Molotoffs'. 126pgs illustrated with line drawings and diagrams. John Brophy wrote a number of books for the Home Guard during the course of the war. In good, used condition with some minor marking and creasing. read more