City of Salford Air Raid Wardens lapel badge - variation.

Brass and enamel pinback lapel badge for the City of Salford Air Raid Wardens Corps. Manufactured by the Caxton Plate Co.of London. Badge in excellent, bright condition with undamaged enamel. Colour variation to 11697.  read more

Code: 11795

Red Cross & St.John Penny a Week Fund Badge.

Die stamped, white metal, pin back badge for the Red Cross & St.John Penny a Week Fund. Initially established amongst industrial firms and then extended to all businesses and a house to house collection to obtain funding for the self imposed wartime tasks undertaken by these two organisations. This badge was probably worn to identify fund collectors. Good, used condition.  read more

Code: 11794

Growmore Leaflet - Thatching Corn Stacks.

Part of the larger Dig for Victory campaign the Growmore leaflets were aimed more at the agriculture sector and farmers, WLA members and agricultural workers in particular. This 1941 leaflet outlines the thatching of corn stacks and it's importance in the ' Dig for Victory ' campaign. Good, clean condition, minor creases.
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Code: 11793

Women's Land Army badge - Economy Issue.

Die-stamped brass and enamel pin back Women's Land Army badge. This is the economy version that was created in an effort to save brass. Good, used condition with bright gilding with some small areas of patination.  read more

Code: 11791

Comic Postcard - Careless Talk.

Comic postcard by the artist Kit Forres with a joke centring on the wartime slogan about careless talk. Churchill exhortation to reverse, postally unused. Slightly marked.
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Code: 11790

ARP Training Bulletin No.7.

1942ed. ARP Training Bulletin No.7. This 36pg pamphlet deals with everything from Fire Guard armlets, training films, gas mask modifications and the Civilian Protective Helmet. Has been folded, and in good used condition with light marking and slight rusting of staples.  read more

Code: 11789

9th Batt. Hertfordshire Home Guard History.

1946 1st ed. ' The 9th Hertfordshire Battalion Home Guard ' - Major D.H.Neale. 143pgs containing a thorough history of the Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Battalion Home Guard which covered the area south of Hemel Hempstead. Illustrated with b/w photographs, cartoons and maps with roll of honour. Excellent, clean condition with lightly marked boards.  read more

Code: 11788

' V ' Victory lapel badge.

Tin and celluloid pin back lapel badge featuring a ' V ' and the morse code dot,dot,dot,dash for V surmounted by a Union flag .Good, used condition with a slight stain to one edge.  read more

Code: 11785

September 1945 Victory Edition of the Land Girl.

Volume 6 , No.6 September 1945 edition of the Land Girl.16pgs with all of the regular columns, county news etc with features including marriage !! and a cautionary tail ' pride and prejudice .Has been folded and has light rusting to staples.  read more

Code: 11784

Air Defence & The Civil Population.

1st 1937 ' Air Defence and The Civil Population by H.Montgomery Hyde & G.R.Falkiner Nuttall. 239pgs covering all areas of civil defence based on the experience of WW1 and the recent Spanish Civil War. Illustrated with diagrams, photographs and plans. Outlines the various European attitudes towards protection from air attack. Good, clean condition.  read more

Code: 11783