Pre1952 Civil Defence Corps (CD) Cloth Armband Regional Staff with King's Crown

C.D c1950s Embroidered Armband (Regional Staff) navy blue On yellow with King's Crown. Buckle maker marked 'BRITISH'. GC.  read more

Code: 1076

cWW2 Cheltenham Gloucestershire Warship Week 1941 Fundraising Tin Button Pin Badge

A scarce Cheltenham Warship Week celluloid tin button badge sold to raise funds during Second World War in the week November 22-29th 1941. Pin fitting, colours remain bright. Near VGC.  read more

Code: 1015

Post 1941 cWW2 Middlesbrough Woman's Voluntary Service Breast & Arm Cloth Badge

cWWII Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire W.V.S. patch. Removed from dress / overcoat. GC.

Positioned one inch below the WVS Civil Defence badge an upward-arched embroidered area marking was worn. Only county and county borough names were used.  read more

Code: 1000

Radnorshire West Hartlepool and Welfare Civil Defence (CD) Cloth Chest Shoulder Title Badges

'Radnorshire' and 'West Hartlepool' curved chest / breast titles, postwar. Yellow on dark blue embroidered and 'Welfare' cWW2 shoulder title Civil Defence patches. Note there is a cut in the Welfare (see pic). Removed from Battle Dress. GC.  read more

Code: 989

cWW2 Automobile Association (AA) Cloth Home Guard (HG) Arm Patch Shoulder Title WW1 Medal Ribbons & Mufti / Sweetheart Badge

cWWII A.A. arm badge as worn by HG pers; woven shoulder title; WWI trio of war medal ribbons with World War Two Defence pin bar. Patches removed from Battle Dress tunic, good condition.

Ref: The Armourer. Issue 19. Jan/Feb 1997.  read more

Code: 757

Tynemouth and Welfare Civil Defence (CD) cloth Badges

'Tynemouth' curved chest / breast title, postwar. Yellow on dark blue embroidered and 'Welfare' cWW2 shoulder title Civil Defence patches. Removed from Battle Dress. GC.

Tynemouth (/ˈtaɪnmaʊθ/) is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name.  read more

Code: 986

Post 1966 Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) Cloth Uniform Badge

W.R.V.S. A scarce post 1966 late issue Womens Royal Voluntary Service uniform badge. Queen's Crowned red embroidered WRVS monogram on woven backing. Very good condition.  read more

Code: 966

WW2 Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) Civil Defence Pin Lapel Badge

WWII, W.V.S.Civil Defence Badge By MAPLES & BEASLEY Birmingham. VGC.  read more

Code: 915

cWW2 Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Incident Officer (IO) Printed Arm Badge Patch

c1940-45, A.R.P. Incident Offr sleeve printed patch. Some tape to reverse from being in an album, VGC.

Incident Officers (I.O.s) were responsible for managing the various rescue services that arrived at air raid incidents. London adopted the first trained wardens for this purpose in 1939. To distinguish them from other personnel they wore an 'INCIDENT OFFICER' armband and a ligh...  read more

Code: 886

1944 Published The Women's Land Army (WLA) Sackville-West Vita Sackville-West

W.L.A. by Sackville-West, Vita. Published by Michael Joseph, 1944. Sound copy with dust cover and plastic protection cover. Faults are paper dust jacket missing on rear bottom of back of book and the top of the spine. Otherwise, a good copy.

First Edition. A first printing of the first edition - with frontispiece and 62 pages of photographic plates. 'Published under the auspices ...  read more

Code: 856