Royal Observer Corps post 1941 Officer’s cap badge
Good scarce example of wartime pattern. Within bullion embroidered crowned laurel sprays, an applied gilt Elizabethan Coast Watcher standing on a gilt scroll inscribed “Forewarned is Forearmed”.
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WW2 Home Front Girls Training Corps ( GTC ) Embroidered Cloth Unit Patch - Rare
A very rare patch, possibly worn by an officer of the unit on the dark blue jacket. White letters GTC on a black background in a red circle. The edges of this show a lot of wear / damage but a very scarce item. Circa 4.5cm in diameter. Any information welcome.
The Girls Training Corps was formed in 1942 and were a uniformed youth organisation for young girls who drilled toget... read more
WW2 Home Front Free French France Libre Wings & Sword enamel pin brooch badge
Some damage to enamel on left as you look at it, otherwise in good condition with original pin and clasp fitting. Circa 3.3cm wide. Scarce.
See the latest offering from the Military Heraldry Society's Formation Sign Issue 281 March 2021 for a French NAAFI female worker wearing one of these - posing next to an accordion.
At only £17 a year for UK subscriptions, w... read more
40.00 GBP
WW2 Home Front - HG Home Guard Brass Shoulder Title
In good condition with two original loops to the reverse. Circa 30mm wide and 16mm tall. Generally the Home Guard wore cloth titles, but some units wore this title in metal.
Slightly shorter in width and different to another pattern offered as my item 63526.
Westlake No 1824 for this version.
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WW2 Home Front - County of Derbyshire Air Raid Welfare Enamel and Brass Pin Badge
An original Second World War circular gilt badge with red and white enamel and title Derbyshire Air Raid Welfare around the Arms of Derbyshire. Very good condition, original pin fittings, no damage to the enamel.
Diameter 26mm.
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24.00 GBP
WW2 Royal Arsenal Factory Woolwich War Workers Lapel Badge
An original Second World War period 'Royal Arsenal Woolwich brass badge' bearing the 'Board of Ordnance' shiel. Gilt Brass and circa 25mm in diameter, with original horseshoe fitting. Maker marked T & S Ltd Birmingham (Toye & Spence) and issue number B5902. The detail on the cannons wheels has been polished away and some minor wear to gilt and small stain to bottom right of shield otherwise ... read more
Rare WW2 German POW Internment War Work Inlaid Wood Vesta
This is a very high quality inlaid wooden vesta or match safe, to the front it has ‘P.O.W. Shrewsbury camp’ and to the back a lovely inlaid star shape. Research shows that the pow camp at Shrewsbury was used to house German internees and other German prisoners captured at the various fronts (see below). The box has a flip lid to the side and on the underside of the lid a strip of sandpaper used... read more
65.00 GBP
WW2 Era Royal Engineers Metal & Celluloid Matchbox Cover
A nice quality piece made from a metal core with a coloured celluloid covering with the badge for the Royal Engineers front and back with King George VI cypher to the middle, the spine marked Royal Engineers. Measuring just under 2.5 inches long it comes in very good condition with some mild marking to the surface. Empty matchbox which it contains is for display only.
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25.00 GBP
Post WW2 - Control Commission Germany Large Bronzed Cap Badge
A large cap badge with two original loops to the reverse. Circa 4.6cm across. In good condition.
After the defeat of Germany in 1945, a control commission was set up to support the Military Government. This Military government was gradually phased out and the Control Commission took over the role of " Local Government ". it was responsible for public safety and Health, Transport,... read more
WW2 Home Front Postal & Telegraph Censorship Branch Lapel Pin Brooch Badge
A scarce original wartime (WW2) oxidised silver badge, featuring a rose within a laurel wreath surmounted by a King's Crown with Greek motto scroll below which translates as "We Work in Silence". Believed to be worn by officers at ports employed to seek out sensitive material which would be of use to the United Kingdom's enemies. in very good condition (the white blob to the bottom of the reve... read more