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
Civil Defence area title - Burnley.
Gold on blue embroidered cotton on wool Civil Defence area title for Burnley, Lancashire . Worn on the breast pocket of the tunic below the CD breast badge. In good clean, used condition. read more
Home Guard lapel badge.
Gilt and enamel, half moon fixing lapel badge. This badge is a variation on the standard HG lapel featuring the words ' Home Guard ' in a rectangular box. This example has bright, undamaged enamel and gilt and is in excellent, nearly mint condition. read more
20.00 GBP
ARP Chaplain Armband.
Embroidered armband or ' armlet ' for chaplains officially attached to the ARP services. Buckle fixing. Good, used condition with some very minor moth damage. Scarce. read more
Wartime canister of ' Vim '.
Wartime canister of ' Vim ' the abrasive cream cleaner. Card tube marked ' War Time Economy Pack ' and ' Save this Canister for Waste Paper Collection '. Canister is missing the bottom cap which has now been replaced by a modern cap to maintain shape. Some fading with some marks. Uncommon. read more
Handbook - Projector, Rocket 3-Inch No.2, MkI
1942 Handbook for the Projector, Rocket, 3-Inch No.2, Mark I Land Service. The Z Battery was a short range anti-aircraft weapon system, which launched 3-inch (76 mm) diameter rockets from ground-based single and multiple launchers, for the air defence of the United Kingdom in World War II and from early 1942, the manning of Z Batteries began to be transferred to the Home Guard.
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Comic postcard - Blackout.
Comic Postcard featuring the work of Brian White ( born 1902; died 1984 ) who was a British cartoonist, creating 'The Nipper' for the Daily Mail between 1933 and 1947. This card published by Valentines featuring his trademark children. Postally used but with a few mark, bumps , creases etc. Scarce.
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18.00 GBP