British Army Proficiency Badge - Wheel Cyclist Brass Arm Badge with Baking Badge

A multi-spoke wheel with unusually ornate ridges on the trye with original loops, backing plate and cotter pin. Circa 32mm in diameter excluding the backing plate. In very good condition and scarce.

Edwards & Langley No 236 refers.

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Code: 66948

WW2 Home Front - 12th (Land's End) Battalion Cornwall Home Guard Printed Cloth Formation Sign Flash Patch

Original and in unissued condition. As worn un WW2. The Cornwall home guard battalions had an impressive array of colourful and interesting formation signs which would make an interesting collection in its own right. Scarce.

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Code: 66940

WW2 British Army - XII / 12 Corps Painted Cloth Formation Sign

The badge is of three trees, with green foliage and black trunks, on a green ground, in a white oval on a black oblong. This is a painted / stenciled example. Some wear to white paint and glue to reverse otherwise in acceptable to good condition.

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Code: 66939

British Troops HQ Austria Printed Cloth Formation Sign Flash Patch Designation

Formation badge, HQ British troops in Austria, circa 1950. Printed cotton depicting a golden cross set on a white shield, on a dark blue background. In unissued condition.

The original occupation force in Austria at the end of the Second World War was made up of Eighth Army units. When the Eighth Army was disbanded the British forces in Austria adopted this as their formation ba...  read more

Code: 66938

Army Air Corps Embroidered Cloth Flash Patch Arm Badge

In unissued condition.

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Code: 66937

WW2 Home Front - Bowlit Brand Chrome and Enamel Lapel Pin Badge Brooch

A very interesting badge dating from the second world war era when the company made helmets for the war department. It all began with a mechanic in East London. His name was Charles Owen. To escape acute poverty, Charles attended night classes to learn about hat making. In 1911, he made his first tropical pith helmet and started the Bowbilt brand. The early days revolved around manufacturing mi...  read more

Code: 66936

WW2 Home Front Auxiliary Territorial Service ATS Official Issue ( Mufti ) Numbered Silver Badge

A good original Second World War unmarked silver badge, the reverse impressed with official issue number "20707". Original pin fixing and c clasp to reverse, although pin fixing could be a bit tighter. In very good condition. 2.3cm tall.  read more

Code: 53669

Pre WW1 Edwardian Coloured Postcard - British Royal Navy Fleet in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Postally unused, Canadian Souvenir Postcard, printed in Toronto. Some minor corner and edge wear. Message on reverse. Good condition and scarce.  read more

Code: 53586

WW2 Home Front ARP BOOKLET HOME STORAGE OF FOOD SUPPLIES

A very clean copy of A.R.P Home Storage Of Food Supplies , as issued by " Binns Food Department Sunderland ". Binns was a department store of note in the North East of England. In excellent with just with rust marks to staples.

The irony was hoarding tinned cans was encouraged as it was thought it would be safe from enemy gas contamination. There are some wonderful wartime re...  read more

Code: 53180

Universal Pattern Tramways Brass Cap badge

This is the standard British Electric Traction Company ‘Magnet & Wheel’ cap badge, in brass, with two original lugs, north-south, as worn by tram drivers and conductors in the UK. In very good condition.

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Code: 52663