WW2 British, UNIQUE, Civil Defence Anti-Gas Course Lecture Notes, Borough of Kettering, 1941.

Was £110 now £90

A rare set of typed and ‘Riso’ copied Anti-Gas course lecture notes, War Gas Charts and test paper relating to the Borough of Kettering, with one paper dated 1941 and belonging to ‘A.W. Gravestock’, contained in ‘TBM Quick-Folder’ with additional handwritten annotation in pencil.

As can be seen the folder is quite thick and contains numerous sheets...  read more

Code: 300

Pre/Early WW2 British, Complete Album of Cigarette Cards of ‘National Importance’: Air Raid Precautions.

Was £25 now £20

A complete album of cigarette cards relating to Air Raid Precautions with a large section relating to Anti-Gas equipment and procedures.

Beautiful art work with some superb images relating to anti-gas!!  read more

Code: 301

WW2 British, Issue, Civilian Respirator Box.

Was £15 now £10

Gas masks were issued in simple but sturdy cardboard boxes with a strip of linen or string to be worn over the shoulder.

This example is in good order with the inside being mint and the exterior having only some crossing out to an address on the lid.

Priced to reflect condition, and good piece to upgrade a tatty box and will display  read more

Code: 306

WW2 British, Issue, ‘L2’, Light Pattern Anti-Gas Respirator, 1943.

Was £85 now £75

The Light Respirator was introduced in 1943 and was to replace the General Service Respirator. Available sizes were ‘Small’, ‘Normal’ and ‘Large’ and can be identified by the word being moulded onto the outer mask. The harness was, to save on rubber, from cotton webbing with elastic straps sewn directly onto it. The container filter consists of a metal drum with a...  read more

Code: 307

WW2, British, Adult General Civilian (GC) Respirator Grouping Including ULTRA-RARE Ear Defenders.

Was £120 now £99

Civilian gas masks were issued to all British households from 1938 onwards. Design by scientists at Porton Down, Wiltshire, manufacture began in 1936. Assembly was completed in a government factory sited in an old mill in Blackburn, Lancashire. During the two years prior to the Munich crisis, they were stored in sealed tins of nitrogen with an initial 35 million ...  read more

Code: 315

WW2, British, Civilian Duty Respirator, Related to Bournemouth.

Was £65 now £55

All members of the civilian services such as the ARP were issued with a slightly more robust version of the General Civilian Respirator which was designated as the Civilian Duty Respirator.

Designed by researchers at Proton Down it was initially called the Special Service Respirator with a name change prior to issue. It consisted of a moulded face p...  read more

Code: 314

WW2, British, Haversack Mark V-C Conversion Pocket, Unissued, 1940.

Was £45 now £40

A need for extra pockets on the haversack came about in 1939 when the anti-gas eye shields and anti-gas ointment became standard issue. To accommodate this need another bag was created that had two pockets and a single closing flap with a pair of press studs. This bag was intended to be sewn onto the front of the haversack with the new designation ‘Haversack Mark ...  read more

Code: 313

WW2, British, Civilian Duty Haversack, Unissued with Anti-Dim Tin and Cloth.

Was £45 now £35

Carrying bags for the civilian duty respirator were simple, varying from hessian sack to cotton and were closed by a simple drawstring or a more sophisticated flap with button fastenings.

This example is dated to 1942 and comes with an original Anti-Dim cloth and tin dated to 1938.  read more

Code: 312

WW2 British, Civilian Respirator Tin (with relic mask).

Was £50 now £40

Gas masks were issued in simple but sturdy cardboard boxes with a strip of linen or string to be worn over the shoulder. Commercial and cottage industry manufactures got into the act producing a variety of cases, bags, boxes and tins to hold the civilian respirator.

Still containing its original civilian respirator, all be it in poor condition, thi...  read more

Code: 311

WW2, British, Mark VII, Respirator Haversack, 1942.

Was £45 now £38

In a further effort to economise production the Haversack Mk VII was introduced in early 1941. It eliminated the second closing flap by moving one set of pockets into the inside of the bag and number of metal drain vents to the base was reduced to two. Other changes included the inclusion of a small pocket for the newly designed ant-dim cloth tin that allowed for ...  read more

Code: 317