WW2 Home Front For Freedom Enamel Lapel Badge for Skipton, Yorkshire

WW2 Home Front For Freedom Enamel Lapel Badge for Skipton

Small scarce lapel buttonhole lapel badge with no damage to enamel. I wonder if this is the crest for the Skipton Building Society rather than the town of Skipton, Yorkshire. Maker marked to reverse Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Regent St, Birmingham. Circa 2cm tall.  read more

Code: 55364

Home Counties Training Brigade Embroidered Cloth Formation Sign Patch Flash Designation Badge

In good unissued condition, still retains paper backing. Authorised in 1949.

BoBD (Jon Mills) No 4261 refers.

Comm PaLi  read more

Code: 66952

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

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

Three Spiral Bound photocopies of St George 's Gazette for 1924, 1938 and 1940 Annual bound volumes - Northumberland Fusiliers

Stiff Card Board covers with feint ink stamp in the form of a large RNF cap badge to front of each. Double sided photocopies of these hard to find volumes, especially 1940. Circa 27cm tall and 22cm wide, containing the 12 monthly editions for each of these three years. All complete and without tears to pages or pen marks. There is a lot of work and cost involved in putting together copies ...  read more

Code: 52270

Generic Rifle Volunteer Corps / Volunteer Battalion White Metal Pouch Badge

A die struck example with two original brass screw posts to the reverse. In very good condition with sharp detail.  read more

Code: 66899

WW2 Royal Air Force (RAF) Mizpah Sweetheart Gilt Brooch Pin Badge

A mizpah gilt brass sweetheart brooch in the classic double heart shape, to one side it has the pilot wing emblem for the RAF and on the other heart script which reads, ‘the lord watch between me & thee when we are absent from one another’. It comes in good overall condition for age, with fully functional and original pin fittings. It measures just over 3.4cms wide.

K21.4  read more

Code: 66857

Dorset Regiment Brass Shoulder Title

In good condition with two original hexagonal fixings to the reverse.

Westlake No 1127 refers.

Coll  read more

Code: 66855

WW1 Royal Army Corp of Chaplains Blackened Collar Badge

Die cast, with almost no wear to black finish, two original loops (slight service wear to loops). Circa 3.2cm tall.

G171.2(2)  read more

Code: 66846

HMS Lancaster Type 23 Frigate Commissioning Book and The Ceremony and Order of Service, with crew list

Two items relating to the commissioning of HMS Lancaster at Devonport in May 1992. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders. If memory serves me HMS Norfolk as the first in class. Complete with Order of Service Booklet. In good condition with crew lists.  read more

Code: 54636