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Category: Second World War Collection

C14_001418 Book, ‘Last of the Mohicans’

Item Reference: 001418
Category: Second World War
Format: Book
Description: Book; “Last of the Mohicans” by J Fennimore Cooper; rubber stamped, “No. 1 Sergeants’ Mess / Royal Air Force / Stoney Cross/”, undated
Date: c. 1940-45
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Book, 'The Last of the Mohicans'
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Book, 'The Last of the Mohicans'
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Book, 'The Last of the Mohicans'
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Book, 'The Last of the Mohicans'
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Posted on December 1, 2023October 31, 2024Author John PriceCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Book

C14_001415 Book, ‘The Gospel according to St John’

Item Reference: 001415
Category: Second World War
Format: Book
Description: Book; “The Gospel according to St John”, Active Service Edition, Naval and Military Bible Society, undated
Date: c. 1940-45
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Booklet, 'The Gospel of St John'
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Booklet, 'The Gospel of St John'
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Posted on December 1, 2023October 31, 2024Author John PriceCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Book

C14_001414 Booklet, ‘Imperial War Museum’

Item Reference: 001414
Category: Second World War
Format: Booklet
Description: Booklet, “Handbook of the Imperial War Museum”, 1963
Date: 1963
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Booklet, IWM Handbook
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Posted on December 1, 2023October 31, 2024Author John PriceCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1960-1970, Booklet

C14_001411 Book, ‘Air Raid Precautions, No. 1’

Item Reference: 001411
Category: Second World War
Format: Book
Description: Book, “Air Raid Precautions” No.1: Personal Protection Against Gas”, issued by the Home Office Air Raid Precautions Department, HMSO 1938
Date: 1938
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Booklet, 'ARP Hanbook No.1'
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Booklet, 'ARP Hanbook No.1'
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Posted on December 1, 2023October 31, 2024Author John PriceCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Book

C14_001410 Book, ‘The Wooden Horse’

Item Reference: 001410
Category: Second World War
Format: Book
Description: Book, “The Wooden Horse” by Eric Williams, M.C., Illustrated Edition for Young Readers, 1949
Date: 1949
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Book, 'The Wooden Horse'
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Book, 'The Wooden Horse'
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Book, 'The Wooden Horse'
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Posted on December 1, 2023October 31, 2024Author John PriceCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Book

C11_001402 Metal Fire Bucket (replica)

Item Reference: 001402
Category: Second World War
Format: Artefact
Description: Metal fire bucket (modern replica)
Date: Modern replica
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Metal Fire Bucket
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Metal Fire Bucket
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Metal Fire Bucket
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Posted on December 1, 2023October 21, 2024Author John PriceCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Artefact

C12.1_006516 Army Issue Tin Openers

Item Reference: 006516
Category: Second World War
Format: Artefact
Description: Two Second World War tin openers. One inscribed ‘1943, John Watt, Sheffield, England’ and the other inscribed ‘H. J. Heinz Co Ltd, 57 Varieties’
Date: 1943
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Army Issue Tin Opener
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Army Issue Tin Opener
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Army Issue Tin Opener
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Army Issue Tin Opener
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Posted on November 24, 2023October 30, 2024Author Jude PretoriaCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Artefact

C12.1_006515 AFS Badge

Item Reference: 006515
Category: Second World War
Format: Badge
Description: Auxiliary Fire Service buttonhole lapel badge, chromium plated, eight pointed crowned star with red enamel ‘AFS’. Maker’s details on reverse ‘J.Pinches Ltd, London’
Date: 1940s
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AFS Badge
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AFS Badge
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Posted on November 24, 2023October 30, 2024Author Jude PretoriaCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Badge

C12.1_006514 RAF Benevolent Fund Bell

Item Reference: 006514
Category: Second World War
Format: Artefact
Description: RAF Benevolent Fund Bell, cast in metal from German aircraft shot down over Britain 1939-45. Depicts busts of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt
Date: 1939-45
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RAF Benevolent Fund Bell
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RAF Benevolent Fund Bell
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RAF Benevolent Fund Bell
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RAF Benevolent Fund Bell
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Posted on November 24, 2023October 30, 2024Author Jude PretoriaCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Artefact

C12.3_006541 Book, ‘Insurance Organisation and Management’

Item Reference: 006541
Category: Second World War
Format: Book
Description: Edition of Insurance Organisation and Management by J. B. Welsom and F. H. Sherriff, for the use of HM’s forces, Jan. 1945
Date: 1945
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Book 'Insurance Organisation and Management'
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Book 'Insurance Organisation and Management'
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Book 'Insurance Organisation and Management'
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Book 'Insurance Organisation and Management'
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Posted on November 24, 2023October 31, 2024Author John PriceCategories Second World War CollectionTags 1940-1950, Book

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