Tynemouth and Welfare Civil Defence (CD) cloth Badges

'Tynemouth' curved chest / breast title, postwar. Yellow on dark blue embroidered and 'Welfare' cWW2 shoulder title Civil Defence patches. Removed from Battle Dress. GC.

Tynemouth (/ˈtaɪnmaʊθ/) is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name.  read more

Code: 986

Post 1966 Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) Cloth Uniform Badge

W.R.V.S. A scarce post 1966 late issue Womens Royal Voluntary Service uniform badge. Queen's Crowned red embroidered WRVS monogram on woven backing. Very good condition.  read more

Code: 966

WW2 Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) Civil Defence Pin Lapel Badge

WWII, W.V.S.Civil Defence Badge By MAPLES & BEASLEY Birmingham. VGC.  read more

Code: 915

cWW2 Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Incident Officer (IO) Printed Arm Badge Patch

c1940-45, A.R.P. Incident Offr sleeve printed patch. Some tape to reverse from being in an album, VGC.

Incident Officers (I.O.s) were responsible for managing the various rescue services that arrived at air raid incidents. London adopted the first trained wardens for this purpose in 1939. To distinguish them from other personnel they wore an 'INCIDENT OFFICER' armband and a ligh...  read more

Code: 886

1944 Published The Women's Land Army (WLA) Sackville-West Vita Sackville-West

W.L.A. by Sackville-West, Vita. Published by Michael Joseph, 1944. Sound copy with dust cover and plastic protection cover. Faults are paper dust jacket missing on rear bottom of back of book and the top of the spine. Otherwise, a good copy.

First Edition. A first printing of the first edition - with frontispiece and 62 pages of photographic plates. 'Published under the auspices ...  read more

Code: 856

Vintage St Mary's Dominican Convent School Cabra Dublin Ireland Pocket Blazer Patch Badge

Blazer Pocket Badge St Mary's, Cabra Roman Catholic (RC) Girls. VGC.

St Mary's School was founded in 1846 in the grounds of the Dominican Convent, Cabra, Dublin and is now under the trusteeship of the Catholic Institute for the Deaf. Notably in 1979, Pope John Paul II visits St Mary's and stays in the Papal Nuncio's residence on the Dominican campus.  read more

Code: 844

British Red Cross Society (BRCS) County of Fife Scottish Shoulder Title Badge

B.R.C.S. County of Fife, Scotland, small brass shoulder title badge. GC.  read more

Code: 820

cWW2 Printed Home Guard West Riding '62' (62nd Bn Rotherham) Number Unit Designation Patch and Shoulder Title Badges

cWWII printed 62nd Bn Rotherham South Yorkshire combined designation with shoulder title. Removed from Battle Dress. GC.

This Battalion was commanded by Lt Col F.P. Coates  read more

Code: 772

cWW2 Printed Home Guard Surrey '55' (55th Bn Sutton and Cheam) Number Unit Designation Patch Badges

55th Surrey (Sutton & Cheam) Battalion

cWWII H.G. number '55' and 'SY' (Surrey). Both used, connected and removed from Battle Dress Tunic.

Formed in May 1940 from the LDV the 55th Battalion Surrey Home Guard was affiliated to the East Surrey Regiment, whose cap badge they wore.  read more

Code: 760

cWW2 Printed Home Guard London '105' / 105th Rocket Anti-Aircraft (Z) Battery Number Unit Designation Patch Badge Shoulder Title & Formation Sign

Rare, printed 105th Rocket Anti-Aircraft (Z) Battery 'LON' (London) combined designation with painted shoulder title and Anti Aircraft Command Formation Sign. Removed from Battle Dress.  read more

Code: 762