Comic Postcard - No Coupons.
Comic postcard featuring the work of the artist ' Agnes Richardson ' with a charming wartime subject. Postally used with a patriotic exhortation by the Prime Minister to the reverse. Good, used condition.
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Manual of Grenades.
Another commercial publication in the 'Bernards' series. 48pgs aimed primarily at the Home Guard, this publication describes every major type of grenade in service, No.36,69,73,74,75,76 and 77 as well as German and US types. Diagrams throughout with sketches showing throwing and use of the EY rifle. In good, used condition with some light marking .
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Home Doctor - First Aid & Nursing with ARP Supplement.
C1939 ' Home Doctor First Aid & Nursing with information on the treatment of poison gas and A.R.P. Supplement ' by A.M.Joyce. 254pgs with illustrations, one of the plethora of early war publications that emerged as publishers initially cashed in on the war. Good, used condition with some marking to covers. read more
April 1943 Edition of the Land Girl.
Volume 4, No.1 April 1943 edition of the Land Girl.16pgs with all of the regular columns, county news etc with features on collective war-time adaptability and alpine dairying. Has been folded and has slight staining to spine , edge and rear cover, otherwise in good, clean condition.
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A.R.P. Bell.
Cast brass bell with wooden handle stamped ARP to rim and the date 39 and mark ' J.B ' to top with the brand ' Fiddian 'stamped to the collar. These bells were used by ARP personnel to signal gas attack or air raid warnings. In good, clean condition with casting marks to body and flaw to rim. read more
5th Warwickshire Battalion Home Guard titles.
Printed blue/black on khaki Home Guard shoulder title for the 5th Warwickshire ( Solihull ) Battalion Home Guard. Titles in good, clean condition with evidence of having been removed from a uniform. read more
Bronze Air Raid Warden Sign.
40mm x 155mm Bronze door/gate sign for an Air Raid Warden. Featuring the ubiquitous ARP symbol the sign is in good, overall condition although for some reason has received a coat of varnish. Infinitely scarcer than it's enamel counterpart. read more
Home Guard Instruction - No.23 1941 - Night Training.
5pg, gatefold pamphlet ' Home Guard Instruction No.23 - 1941 Night Training '. One of the regular instructions and updates issued by the War Office giving a precis of current thinking on night fighting. Ex War Office Library, good, clean condition. read more
WLA Aertex Work Shirt.
A scarce example of the WLA aertex work shirt. Short sleeved ' polo ' style shirt in aertex type material. 1943 dated and ' Large ' size manufactured by Towles Ltd whose label appears prominently in the neck. Excellent, used and undamaged condition and hard to find. read more
Rest Centre Marshall Armband.
Well constructed ,heavy cotton armband with the title ' Rest Centre Marshall ' printed in red. Issued presumably, for those people nominated to deal with the expected rush of people to rest centres in the aftermath of an air raid. Good, slightly ' foxed ' condition. read more