£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
WW2 ‘Chart of War Gases’ commercially produced under the auspices of the Ministry of Home Security. Three page fold out chart detailing the types of gases likely to be used by the enemy in a civilian air drop gas attack. Printed by HMSO and dated 1942. Pencilled owner details to front cover, faint and not easy to read. Centre fold but damage free.
A good vintage cap band (female) for this ‘fee paying school‘. Opened in September 1914. In 1936 former pupil Harold Whitlock planted an oak tree sapling in front of the entrance to the Gymnasium which he had received, along with his Gold Medal for the 50 kilometres (31 mi) walk, from Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympic Games.
A first edition, produced 1946, detailing a selection of Fougasse war poster works. 48 page hard bound book with original dust jacket showing mainly Fougasse posters interspersed with text detail the works pictured. Dust jacket with age foxing and slight scuffing. Superb period reference.
FIRE armband. Heavy duty red cotton canvas armband with the word 'FIRE' stitched to the band face, with a roller buckle as a fastener. This armband is of pre / early war vintage when volunteers came forward for fire prevention duties. This style of band was rendered obsolete with the introduction of the Fire Guard armband under organised fire guard control.
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