Comic Postcard - Stop Press News from Berlin.
Comic postcard from the Humoresque range entitled ' Stop Press News from Berlin ' and an image of Hitler heading for the toilet. Slightly tired but scarce.
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Royal Ordnance Factory lapel badge - No.20.
Gilded brass lapel badge with pin fitting for Royal Ordnance Factory No.20. No.20 was R.O.F Blackpole, Worcestershire which specialised in small arms ammunition manufacture.These badges were introduced in 1940 for workers at the various factories across the UK but were phased out from 1942 because of the their consumption of valuable raw materials.
This badge made by T.L.M.Ltd, B'ham and... read more
SD1 Anti-Personnel Bomb.
SD1 anti-personnel bomb with AZ 73 A2 fuze. Cast TNT filling contained in a steel body weighing approx 1kg fitted with an AZ 73 percussion fuze. Designed as a fragmentation AP sub-munition contained in the AB series of containers containing from 70 to 224 bomblets. Rarely deployed over the UK but some instances recorded, often deployed alongside SD2 butterfly bombs. Good, sound condition with t... read more
Life in a Submarine.
Life in a Submarine by Capt.Bernard Acworth DSO.Published by Raphael Tuck and featuring their trademark artwork on the front cover, this 48pg booklet is essentially a recruiting tool aimed at younger readers with it's emphasis on the positives of being a member of the Navy. In generally good condition with some creasing and marking to card covers. read more
Salute the Soldier badge - Gloucester & District.
25mm tin and celluloid pinback badge for Gloucester & District Salute the Soldier campaign, probably given in exchange for a donation to the fund. In good, overall condition. read more
Home Guard List 1941 Western Command.
Savannah Publications of the Home Guard List 1941 Western Command. Contains full listings of officers serving in Home Guard battalions in Cheshire, Cumberland, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wales, Warwickshire, Westmoreland and Worcestershire including those given a commission up to August 1941. Part of a series of seven listings covering all the Military Commands in the... read more
Pilot Works Ltd., National Service Badge.
Attractive, gilt and enamel lapel badge for workers of Pilot Works Ltd., employed on national service. Half moon lapel fitting to reverse manufacture marked ' H.W.Miller B'ham '. Excellent, bright condition. read more
New Tube Shelter Camden Greetings Card.
Postcard depicting the interior of the New Tube Shelter in Camden Town used as a greeting card. The New Tube shelters were part of a planned development of ten deep level shelters built across London constructed from the outset as air raid shelters. These shelters would have capacity for thousands and included facilities such as canteens. Of the eight actually constructed all remain.
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Printed Decontamination Shoulder titles.
A pair of unissued, printed Decontamination shoulder titles. In excellent, clean condition. read more
Wartime Cadbury's Fruit Favoured Filled Block Chocolate.
Complete bar of Cadbury's ' Fruit Flavoured Filled Block ' chocolate. Greaseproof wrapper with paper overwrap bearing the controlled price and product code to one corner. Bar moderately misshapen with some grease staining of he paper wrapper but otherwise an uncommon survivor. read more