£45.00
A ‘quirky’ period item being a Royal Navy cap tally for HMS Royal Sovereign, made into a ladies ‘garter strap’
Fading to the wire details and elasticated border banding, otherwise damage free.
A gift from a sailor (the same sailor as the previous listing) to his sweetheart ?
HMS Royal Sovereign was a ‘Revenge Class’ battleship seeing WW2 Service with the Royal Navy and from may 1944 the Soviet Navy
Pollard Aircraft (Pollards - Haskins) worker lapel badge. Chrome finished lapel badge showing tradesmen at work to obverse with factory details . Lapel pin fitting to reverse with issue number 3109. Grubby used condition.
A very good pictorial and text, card cover, account of the Blitz suffered by Portsmouth July 1940 - May 1944. Fairly graphic images of bomb destruction suffered by the city, that may well have not passed the censor earlier in the war. Good clean damage free condition with an inked ‘gift’ dedication to the inside front cover. Profits from the sale of the booklet were to be donated
Local Fire Guard Instructor lapel badge. Very clean condition bi - coloured enamel on chromed brass badge. Damage free condition, with brooch pin reverse fitting, and maker details ‘J.R.Gaunt London’.
Post WW2 / early 1950’s ‘Cold War’ Civil Defence Corps battledress breast badge multi - coloured thread on heavy navy wool backing. Some moth to backing material.
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