cWW2 Printed Home Guard London '105' / 105th Rocket Anti-Aircraft (Z) Battery Number Unit Designation Patch Badge Shoulder Title & Formation Sign

Rare, printed 105th Rocket Anti-Aircraft (Z) Battery 'LON' (London) combined designation with painted shoulder title and Anti Aircraft Command Formation Sign. Removed from Battle Dress.  read more

Code: 762

cWW2 Printed Home Guard Scottish Fife '9' (9th Bn Rosyth Dockyard) Numeral Unit Designation Patch Badges

cWWII H.G. number '9' and 'F' (Fife). Both used, connected and removed from Battle Dress Tunic.

Formed in May 1940 from the LDV the 9th Battalion Fife, Scotland Home Guard had their Headquarters in Rosyth Dockyard and was affiliated to the Black Watch Regiment, whose cap badge they wore.  read more

Code: 759

cWW2 Printed Home Guard London '23' (23rd Bn Deptford) Numeral Unit Designation Patch Badges

cWWII H.G. number '23' and 'LON' (London). Both used and removed from Battle Dress Tunic.

Formed in May 1940 from the LDV the 23rd Battalion County of London Home Guard had their Headquarters in Deptford and was affiliated to the Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment whose cap badge they wore.  read more

Code: 755

cWW2 Printed Home Guard (HG) '6' or '9' Numeral Unit Designation Patch Badge & Shoulder Title

cWWII H.G. number 6 or it can be a used as number 9 if inverted (HG used both as same pattern). With a shoulder title painted. Both used and removed from Battle Dress Tunic.  read more

Code: 754

County of Lancaster Rifle Association Team Large Wire Embroidered Blazer Patch Badge

Vintage, Lancaster, Lancashire Rifle Team shot wire blazer badge. VGC.  read more

Code: 741

2nd Phase c1953 Home Guard (HG) Mufti Lapel Badge

H.G. cold war period official issue lapel badge. Small white metal Crowned Order of the Garter bearing 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' motto, with embossed 'HG' initials to the centre, the reverse complete with original lapel horseshoe style fitting to be worn by a gentleman member in his civilian attire. Very good condition.

Height 26mm.


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Code: 494

Chartered Freeman of the City of Gloucester Gloucestershire Enamel Button Hole Lapel Badge

Lovely enamel Chartered Freeman of Gloucester badge. Maker 'H.W. MILLER Ltd BRANSON ST B'HAM. 18.' Comes in its vintage cardboard box. VGC.

Freeman of Gloucester Background:

A “Freeman” was a man who had certain rights and privileges within a city. In Gloucester this included:

Being able to sit on the Common Council of the City.
Preferential...  read more

Code: 369

c1952-56 West Riding of Yorkshire 35 Phase 2 Home Guard (HG) Shoulder Title Cloth Badge

Scarce hard to find, West Riding H.G. (2nd Phase) cloth 'flock' rubber backed shoulder title for Battle Dress. VGC.

New perceived threats to Britain during the ‘Cold War’ period, particularly the Berlin Blockade in 1948, added impetus to these discussions, which included the possibility of reviving the Home Guards as a defence against air landings (just as before), to help the p...  read more

Code: 332

Belgium 6th Region Army National Home Guard Pair of Collar Badges

Pr of vintage brass 6th (VI) Region Belgium / Belgique Army / Armee National Guard / Home Guard collars on lugs. Maker marked 'MCHELSEN'. VGC.  read more

Code: 287

1944 H.M. Silver WW2 18th Warwickshire (Coventry) Battalion Women's Auxiliary Home Guard (HG) Badge

Rare, 18th Warwicks Women's H.G. Aux silver badge maker marked THOMAS FATTORNI LIMITED
BIRMINGHAM and silver Hall Marks (HM) for B'ham 1944 ('U').  read more

Code: 189