How to Be Safe from Air Raids - J.B.Haldane.
1938 booklet entitled ' How to be Safe from Air Raids ' by J.B.S.Haldane. 62pgs of slightly alarmist information on ARP as it stood at the time and suggestions for improvements and self-help for the future. Slightly grubby covers otherwise clean copy. read more
37th Warwickshire ( Birmingham ) Btn Home Guard titles.
Printed cloth shoulder designations ' BHM 37 ' for the 37th Warwickshire ( Birmingham ) Battalion Home Guard. The 37th were based around Small Heath. Accompanied by a printed Home Guard shoulder title. All items in good, used condition with evidence of havbing been removed from a uniform. read more
Air Raid Warden sign.
Cast, chromed ' Air Raid Warden ' sign. Polished highlights with paint infilling, 230mm x 32mm. These signs were variously used for door or desk signs. In good, clean condition. read more
Comic postcard - ARP.
Comic postcard by the artist George Willis part of Valentine's ' Chummy ' range featuring a canine ARP subject. Postally used but in clean condition but with one crease running across a corner. priced accordingly.
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Helmet Respirator.
This respirator was designed for use by those who had certain medical conditions which prevented the use of regular gas masks. This device was dubbed the Helmet Respirator, and was also sometimes called the Invalid Respirator. It was a large and alien looking contraption that fitted over the wearer\'s entire head and shoulders. It had two circular eye pieces and a large bellows that could be op... read more
ARP Bleach ointment tin.
Tin of ARP Bleach Ointment for use on areas of skin contaminated by gas. Tin in good used condition, with contents, minor dent to one rim, label with light marking but clean and bright. read more
Salute the Soldier pin badge.
Sherbourne Salute the Soldier badge featuring the Abram Games' 'Liberator' design, given in exchange for a donation towards the campaign. Celluloid covered button badge with a pin fastening. Clean, bright image. read more
HMSO - 'Meet the US Army'
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 24pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., stapled card wrappers, 7 x 4.5" approx., an uncommon title, with large number of US servicemen arriving in UK. It was written by the Irish poet Louis MacNeice for the Board of Education for use in schools, to try to explain the American, his culture and his way of life to the British, lightly marked to covers, wi... read more
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Cheshire Home Guard titles.
Printed blue/black on khaki Home Guard shoulder title for the 9th Cheshire ( Macclesfield ) Battalion accompanied by a screen printed HOME GUARD shoulder title. Both items with clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform but are in excellent, clean condition. read more
Home Guard service certificates.
Original unused Home Guard certificates. Certificates were given to all who served in the Home Guard on completion of their service. These examples in excellent unused condition with some very minor foxing.
Several available.
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