Tipton's War Weapons Week badge.
32mm, tin and celluloid, pin back lapel badge probably given in exchange for a contribution to Tipton's War Weapons Week held on Mar 8th - 15th 1941. Featuring a warship design and in good, used condition with no corrosion. read more
.303 Lewis Gun - Know Your Weapons No.2.
1941ed. part of the ' Know Your Weapons ' series by the Publishers Nicholson & Watson ' .303 Lewis Gun ' has 48pgs with diagrams and sketches outlining the mechanism, action and use of the Lewis gun. Compiled by Home Guard instructors Capt.Jacklin and Derek Whipp. Excellent, clean condition. read more
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Bristol Air raid Warden Breast badge.
Early embroidered red cotton on bluette breast badge for use on the boiler suit by an air raid warden from Bristol. Good used condition and scarce. read more
Birth of a Spitfire - the story of the MAP and the Spitfire Funds.
1941 1st ed. ' Birth of a Spitfire ' by Gordon Beckles. 160pgs outlining the story of Lord Beaverbrook and the Ministry of Aircraft Production and the involvement of the Spitfire Funds. Details fund raising efforts, scrap drives, construction and the issuing of a Spitfire. Illustrated throughout b/w photographs. Good, used condition with a marked d/w with chips, tears, creasing etc but under a ... read more
Wandsworth Borough Council CD Canteen.
Gilt and enamel, pin back badge for a voluntary member of staff of the Wandsworth Borough Council Civil Defence Canteen. Overlooked area of CD duties serving up ' Char and wads ' to Civil Defence teams in London. Scarce badge and in clean, bright, undamaged condition. read more
Gas Mask Banding Machine.
A.R.P. machine for fitting the large rubber, retaining band in place on civilian Gas Masks. Made by Buss & Elston in 1938, whose impressed mark appears on the side, the machine works by placing a Civilian Gas Mask filter face down in the six open claws of the machine with the large rubber band on the outside. The gas mask is then fitted over the filter and the large handle raised to take the pr... read more
National Association of Spotters' Club grouping.
Membership card, subs receipt, Defence medal ribbon and brass and enamel lapel badge for the National Association of Spotters Clubs or NASC. The NASC was an umbrella organisation linking the large number of aircraft spotters and recognition clubs that proliferated in schools and youth organisations. Pin fitting to the reverse, manufacturer marked ' Roden, London ' with membership card with a lo... read more
ARP Handbook No.13 Fire Protection.
1942ed. 91pg Handbook No.13 'Fire Protection - For the guidance of occupiers of factories and other business premises.' Covering subjects from emergency water supplies, fire watchers and fire pumps this wide ranging manual, illustrated with diagrams and sketches, sets out to defeat the menace of the incendiary bomb. In excellent, used condition with some very minor marking to covers, one of the... read more
Warship Week Badge.
20mm card and tin pin back badge featuring a generic design ' Our Warship Week '. Good, used condition with very minor foxing. read more
Shelley ARP Bon Bon Dish.
Bone china Bon bon dish by Shelley featuring a hand-painted ARP badge. Good, clean, undamaged condition. read more