' Eyes Right ! The Army of Today '

One of the series of books by the publisher Raphael Tuck & Songs combining text and illustrations on wartime themes. ' Eyes Right ! The Army of Today ' combines text by Capt.A.O.Pollard and some appealing watercolour illustrations of Army life by Steven Spurrier R.A. Spurrier was an accomplished painter and illustrator. He worked as a dazzle camouflage officer on the Clyde in Great War and lat...  read more

Code: 13419

York City Police Auxiliary Messenger.

Chrome and enamel lapel badge for a York City Police Auxiliary Messenger. Clean and bright condition, numbered to reverse.  read more

Code: 13417

Birthday Card - Home Guard subject .

Wartime birthday card, part of Sharpe's ' Classic ' range with a wartime Home Guard theme. Unused and in good, used condition with some foxing.  read more

Code: 13416

Kesteven, Lincolnshire Air Raid Welfare Rest Centre badge.

Brass and enamel, pinback badge for Kesteven County Council, Lincolnshire, Air Raid Welfare, Rest Centre. Rest Centres were an integral part of the first response to air raids. Good, used, undamaged enamel with some enamel flaws appearing as small black marks.  read more

Code: 13415

Bristol Constabulary Air Raid Report Form.

Air raid report form for use by Bristol Constabulary and their Auxiliaries. All unused with sections for air raid damage, casualties, type of bombs, UXB etc.
Several available.
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Code: 13414

Guns For the Home Guard.

C1941 ' Guns for the Home Guard ' by K.M.Lazarus. 48pgs covering the principal weapons used by the Home Guard, including Vickers, Lewis, BAR, Thompson and AT Rifle. Good, used condition with light marking to covers. Uncommon.  read more

Code: 13413

WI Produce Guild lapel badge.

Silver gilt and enamel, pinback lapel badge for a member of the Womens Institute Produce Guild. In 1938 The Produce Guild was started for those members that were interested in gardening and cooking. Members of this Guild went through special tuition and a series of proficiency tests to improve cookery skills to teach others, demonstrate or judge. The focus was on improving knowledge and skills ...  read more

Code: 13412

Fire Force 34 NFS helmet.

1939 dated MkII helmet by ' E.C.& Co.Ltd. ' with a size 7 MkI, 1939 dated liner by Vero. This example badges for a member of NFS No.34 Fire Force. No.34 Fire Force covered West London and was based in Ealing. . Helmet in good, clean condition with manufacturer's markings clearly stamped to rim and to liner with identity number and name painted to interior rim. Evidence of a previous issue as th...  read more

Code: 13410

Air Raid Warden Enamel Sign.

35mm x 230mm approx. Air Raid Warden enamel door, desk or gate sign. Featuring the universal ARP badge design and in the seldom encountered green and white vitreous enamel. Good, bright condition with some minor edge chips and nibbles with some corrosion to reverse.  read more

Code: 13409

Hammersmith Hospital Emergency Hospital Scheme Badge.

Chrome and enamel, pinback badge for Hammersmith Hospital Emergency Hospital Scheme. The EHS was in an essence an early form of nationalisation of the hospital system undertaken to deal with the expected large number of air raid casualties, in the case of inner London, casualties were to be treated locally and then transferred to less dangerous areas. As a result increasing numbers of staff wer...  read more

Code: 13408