Item Reference: 001405
Category: Second World War
Format: Badge
Description: Male issue, German silver, Air Raid Precautions (ARP) volunteer buttonhole badge, designed by Eric Gill
Date: 1936
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C12.1_001405 ARP Badge
Category: Second World War Collection
C12.1_001403 Fireguard Armband
Item Reference: 001403
Category: Second World War
Format: Clothing
Description: Blue cotton armband used to identify a member of the Fire Guard, established in 1941
Date: c. 1941
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C12.1_001301 Sandbag Casing
Item Reference: 001301
Category: Second World War
Format: Artefact
Description: Three empty hessian sandbag casings
Date:
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C12.1_001300 Incendiary Bomb Fin
Item Reference: 001300
Category: Second World War
Format: Artefact
Description: Shrapnel, appears to be a fin from an incendiary bomb
Date: 1940s
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C12.1_001295 Anti-Aircraft Shell Shrapnel
Item Reference: 001295
Category: Second World War
Format: Artefact
Description: Small piece of shrapnel which appears to be from the fuse cap of anti-aircraft shell, found in the garden of 10 Duncrievie Rd, Hither Green
Date:
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C12.1_001294 Bombsight Compass
Item Reference: 001294
Category: Second World War
Format: Artefact
Description: Brass-cased, Air Ministry Course Setting Bombsight “D” aircraft compass, No.6E/0276, would have originally been oil filled
Date: 1940s
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C12.2_006526 Respirator Case (empty)
Item Reference: 006526
Category: Second World War
Format: Gas Mask
Description: Empty canvas respirator case
Date: 1940s
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C12.2_006525 General Civilian Respirator in blue tin
Item Reference: 006525
Category: Second World War
Format: Gas Mask
Description: General Civilian Respirator in blue tin, with carrying string, with ‘J Shenton’ inscribed on top and address inside.
Date: c. 1938
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C12.1_001293 Silver Foil Picture
Item Reference: 001293
Category: Second World War
Format: Artwork
Description: Framed silver foil picture depicting a Royal Artillery coat of arms, possibly homemade
Date: 1940s
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C12.2_006524 General Civilian Respirator #4
Item Reference: 006524
Category: Second World War
Format: Gas Mask
Description: Civilian issue gas mask in square leatherette covered cardboard carry case with ‘Mrs Waller’ and address ‘176 Firhill Road, Bellingham, SE6’ written inside lid
Date: c. 1938
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