WW2 Greetings National Savings Stamp Patriotic Gift Card

A scarce original wartime National Savings stamp greeting card. Unused and in very good condition. The card is circa 12cm by 9.5cm.

Featured in "Doing Their Bit" Jon Mills wonderful book on page 191.

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Code: 62886

WW2 Home Front Collectable - Economy Plastic National Savings Pin

A scarce National Savings gold coloured cellulose acetate plastic economy badge issued after 1942 due save on metals for the war effort (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Bakelite). Badge is Circa 3cm tall excluding length of pin. In very good condition.

Featured in "Doing Their Bit" by Jon Mills, p192.

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Code: 62888

WW2 Home Front - Darby and Joan Club W.V.S. Enamel Pin Badge

Enamel in good condition with no damage. Original pin and c clasp. Maker on reverse is Vaughton's Limited, Birmingham. Minor surface wear. Circa 24mm in diameter.

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Code: 56680

WW1 Derbyshire Volunteers of Home Guards Bronze Cap Badge - Maker marked Armfields

A scarce WW1 VTC Cap badge with original slider which is stamped Armfield Birm (Birmingham . Circa 3.1cm tall excluding slider. Minor staining otherwise in very good condition with sharp detail.

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Code: 56918

Navy League Tinnie - Keep Watch

White and blue tinnie with original pin to the reverse. Rusting to reverse and slight staining to front. Circa 22mm in diameter.

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Code: 54090

Peace 1919 - Scarce WW1 Gilt and Enamel Pin Brooch Badge - Darlington, Eastbourne Ward

A very scarce enamel pin badge depicting the town crest for Darlington in County Durham celebrating end on WW1 with "Peace 1919" below. Minor firing blemishes, but otherwise in great condition for age. Red enamel below the letters "in" in "industria" is missing, but again, this looks like a firing fault rather than damage. Original pin and clasp, fully functional (apologies for camera flash at ...  read more

Code: 56990

WW1 Home Front - 1915 On War Service Button Hole Lapel Badge

Fire gilt brass, but the gilt is worn away on the front of the badge, but otherwise in very good condition. Maker marked JR Gaunt London.

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Code: 57221

Mission Accomplished - Novel by A R Channel - WW2 Rip Roaring Yarn Special Operations in Yugloslavia

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor to Fair. This impression printed in 1971. 155 pages. Printed cover with quite a bit of some wear, but still presentable. Not an ex library copy.

I have just finished re-reading this tale of the Fighting Four (previously with the LRDG and SAS) - now operating as Commandos in support of Yugoslavian partisans in WW2 . It is a quick read and the author ...  read more

Code: 69641

The Forgotten Patrol - Novel by A R Channel - WW2 North Africa - Concerns a lost LRDG patrol following an SAS airfield shoot-up

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 188 pages. Jacket is in reasonable condition with a protective plastic cover, there is some general wear, but still very presentable. Book is in general good condition. Not an ex library copy.

I have just finished re-reading this tale of daring-do of a lost patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) foll...  read more

Code: 69640

Edwardian Belt Ornaments Fire Gilt EDVII Cypher on Belt end, Matching Slide and Buckle, Yeomanry?

A wonderful fire gilt set, in superb condition. Not sure which unit would have worn these, but most likely a yeomanry officer. Any information welcome.

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Code: 67936