Liverpool ARP Gas Mask Voucher.
Voucher produced by the City of Liverpool for the issue of a gas mask. Creased condition. read more
Civil Nursing Reserve recruiting leaflet.
Double-sided, photo montage recruiting leaflet for the Civil Nursing Reserve. The CNR was recruited initially to augment staff at hospitals during war but was later extended to provide staff for FAPs in shelters and rest centres. Good, used condition with two tears. Uncommon. read more
River Emergency Services Identity Card.
River Emergency Services identity card dated 1939 and made out to a resident of Hampstead. The RES was a uniformed civil defence force that operated on the Thames under the control of the Port of London Authority. Card in good, used condition with abrasion to cover, uncommon. read more
Lyons Coffee - Emergency Blend.
Wartime tin for Lyons Coffee ' Emergency Blend ' whose configuration had been altered because of the general lack of coffee. Ministry of Food instructions to the reverse. Good, clean condition with some abrasions to printed finish. read more
Careless Talk poster.
25cms x 38cms poster " Now up at our Works " ' He talked....This happened - Careless Talk Costs Lives '. Printed for HMSO by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd. Excellent, clean condition with one minor abrasion. read more
Wartime Toilet Roll.
Original wartime toilet roll ! N.O.S. example of the ' Hillcrest ' brand retaining it's outer sleeve with the printed caveat ' only the finest materials permitted by the paper control...' Good overall condition with an area of damage to the sleeve. read more
ARP Industrial Bulletin No.12
1944, 18pg ARP Industrial Bulletin No.12 produced by the Ministry of Home Security. Classified RESTRICTED, the bulletin covers topics as diverse as recognition of enemy parachute troops, infestation of bed bugs to 2kg I.B.S.E.N. bombs. Good, clean condition with various organisational ownership stamps. read more
Benedicto or ' Beat the Blitz ' board game.
1941 board game given away by the makers of Benedict Peas as a marketing tool. Broadly based on ' snakes and ladders ' the game features the journey of the humble pea from field to shop with such hazards as bomb craters, being turned back by the Home Guard and tank traps to catch the unwary player. In good used conditions with some creasing , rubbing and bumped corners, colourful and unusual. read more
Warship Week Badge.
20mm card and tin pin back badge featuring a generic design ' Our Warship Week '. Good, used condition. read more
HG Instruction No.65 - Home Guard Signallers.
Home Guard Instruction No.65 - Classification of Home Guard Signallers - 1944. 4pg leaflet outlining the requirements of HG signallers and for the award of proficiency and classification badges. Ink stained with some edge nibbles, has been folded. read more