In The Service Of The Nation - The NFS Goes Into Action October 1944

Published by the NFS Benevolent Fund in October 1944 a short work on the National Fire Service with some fabulous colour illustrations accompanying a fascinating eight page account of a night with the crews of the NFS & their ancillary staff as enemy bombers wreak havoc around Great Britain . A very good read !  read more

Code: 14348

This England- 1940 A Comical Look At The Englishman

1940 edition of this comical read.  read more

Code: 14349

Postwar Civil Defence Corps Armband Set

Five Civil Defence Corps Armbands :

Civil Defence Corps
Rescue ,
Headquarters
Warden
Welfare

All marked to rear Lewis Falke Ltd Welfare 1954 with broad arrow mark.  read more

Code: 14343

Civil Defence Public Information Leaflets 1-4 July 1939

1 to 4 in the Civil Defence Public Information Leaflet series :

1.Some Things You Should Know If War Should Come
2. Masking Your Windows
3. Evacuation Why & How
4. Your Food In War-Time

Issued July 1939  read more

Code: 14344

2 X Lilliput & 1 X London Opinion - Wartime Magazines

Wartime magazines containing light hearted reading material for the civilian /soldier.  read more

Code: 14350

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Code: 14329

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Code: 14328

WW1 French Infantry Helmet With Commemorative Plaque

A WW1 souvenir plaqued Adrian helmet with the lighter blue grey factory paint of early M15 Adrian helmets.
Helmets of demobilised officers & other ranks were officially decorated with the brass 'Soldat De La Grande Guerre 1914 - 1918' (Soldier Of The Great War 1914-1918) souvenir plaques as of 16th April 1919 & were issued by the state of France as a recognition of service. Some were ...  read more

Code: 14313

WW1 US M17 A1 Helmet

An interesting study of early WW2 US headgear would certainly include the M17A1 helmet which was the standard steel helmet used by US forces up until the introduction of the M1 in 1941 .
A British WW1 pattern adopted by the US army in 1917 the helmet was upgraded in 1936 with the addition of a new leather liner & buckled chinstrap.
This is an excellent textbook example with the ...  read more

Code: 14314

WW2 US Shoes , Service,Composition Sole

A pair of Europe found 1939 regulation Service shoes these being the early type of combat ankle boot used by US infantry & other troops. These are referred to as the Type II having rubber taps & soles as of October 1940. Being of chrome-tanned russeted leather with toe caps , rubber soles and heels. Complete with their original cotton laces & offered as found , uncleaned & left behind in Europ...  read more

Code: 14304