WW2 Cheshire Corps of Air Raid Patrol Wardens ( ARP ) Chrome and Enamel Lapel Badge
Excellent condition with no damage to the enamel. Back-marked with Manufacturer's name: by Butt & Co Ltd of Chester. Circa 26mm in diameter. read more
WW2 Home Front Salvage Steward's Red Plastic Badge
Red plastic badge with pin to reverse. Maker's name F&G. In good condition with slight fading to red with age, but no distortion evident. Circa 3.1cm tall. Introduced in 1942, the red coloured badges were worn by part-time stewards appointed by local authorities.
Jon Mills "Doing Their Bit" p179, T4 refers.
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WW2 Original Portrait Photo of ATS plus Sterling Silver ID Tag for 40th Durham Company ATS
Came together but cannot prove the photo of the woman is the owner of the ID bracelet tag. A photo taken in Edinburgh in 1943 (dated on reverse). Image not the sharpest but badges easily identifiable nonetheless. The tag has some discolouration from old cellotape but should clean up nicely. It is to a M. B. Harris 40th Durham Company ATS, marked sterling for sterling silver. Scarce.
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WW2 Home Front - Women's Plastic Economy Home Guard Badge
Plastic beret / breast badge with original and functional pin and fittings to reverse. Maker's name A.Stanley & Sons of Walsall and number 1-A. Nice and flat with no distortion and only minor crazing. Normally associated with the women who served in the HG. Circa 41mm in diameter.
Issued from July 1943 and could be worn on left side of a coat or dress, but frequently seen worn... read more
Cold War / National Service Home Front Volunteer Entertainment Services (VES) Northern Command Lapel Pin Enamel Badge
A post WW2 home front badge in white enamel and chrome, with original pin fitting and maker marked Fattorini Bradford. Some wear to the enamel in the form of some light scratches, but not damaged, and otherwise in good condition. Circa 2.7cm across. Scarce. Based on the second pattern Formation Sign for the Northern Command - East and West Riding Area (see my item 59803), which was authorised... read more
35.00 GBP
WW2 Home Front - Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) GVI Brass Cap Badge
Die-stamped brass with original slider to the reverse. Good condition. King's Crown. Scarce.
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WW2 Home Front - Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens Families Association (SSAFA) Enamel and Silver Plated Lapel Pin Badge Brooch - King's Crown
In good worn condition, a few marks and rubbing to silver plate to front and but enamel intact and undamaged. Original and functional pin fitting and maker marked JR Gaunt London. Circa 33mm tall.
Comm BoHa (548) read more
10.00 GBP
WW2 Czechoslovakia V for Victory Patriotic Fund Raising Enamel - 1941
A scarce original wartime British made 'Free Czech Victory badge'; gilt brass example inlaid with red, white and blue enamel, superimposed with a 'V' for Victory and a sprig of laurel, inscribed 'CZECHOSLOVAKIA'; the reverse embossed '1941 Issued By The Czechoslovak Army'. Very good condition, complete with original stick pin fitting, some firing faults in white enamel otherwise no damage to th... read more
75.00 GBP
WW2 Home Front - Women’s Junior Air Corps (WJAC) Officer's Enamel And White Metal Cap Badge Tie Pin Brooch Badge
Scarce WWII enamel cap / uniform badge with original brooch pin fitting to the reverse believed to be worn by officers of the WJAC. An aero-plane in a blue / green enamel triangle with the titles, Women's Junior Air Corps to the outer white enamel triangle. Formed in 1940 to encourage girls to a "spirit of patriotism and loyalty". Worn both as a cap badge and tie pin. In superb condition wit... read more
WW2 Home Front - Franco-British Liasion Committee lapel badge - Free French Supporters
A scarce first pattern original Second World War period English made 'Free French lapel badge' gilt brass circular badge inlaid with red, white and blue enamel 'Union Jack' inset with panel bearing partial Cross of Lorraine' and inscribed 'Resurgam 1940', additional bars top and bottom 'Les Francais de Grande-Bretagne' the reverse impressed with official issue number '162'. Good condition, comp... read more
65.00 GBP