The Battle of Britain

Collections search

Showing 1 - 10 of 78 results.

Pages

  • gramophone record, The Haunted Ballroom gramophone record, The Haunted Ballroom

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Columbia Graphophone Co Ltd

    Used by donor on Western Front 1916-18

  • A Cinema in the Desert - ENSA, Suez 1943 A Cinema in the Desert - ENSA, Suez 1943

    (art) Made by: Graves, Frank 1943

    image: A British soldier stands in a doorway of a makeshift cinema in the Egyptian desert. Within the open air construction is a table and chair, with a wooden planked floor and wooden frame in the foreground. On the wall on the right hand side is a...

  • pocket game, British, 'Poker Dice pocket game, British, 'Poker Dice

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: British Made 1939

    Second World War period 'Poker Dice' pocket game, made in Britain in 1939. The game, which is complete with instructions for playing, the five dice (each die being 7mm cube) being contained in a plastic cup/shaker (L 6cm x 1.5cm diameter).

  • 'The Semaphore Simplified' training cards 'The Semaphore Simplified' training cards

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Gale & Polden Ltd, Aldershot

    First World War period British semaphore training cards used to train signallers in semaphore.

  • playing cards, British, 'Bystander 'Fragments' Playing Cards ('Well if you knows a better 'ole, go to it') playing cards, British, 'Bystander 'Fragments' Playing Cards ('Well if you knows a better 'ole, go to it')

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Chas Goodhall & Son Ltd

    First World War period pack of British playing cards utilising designs by Bruce Bairnsfather, published by Chas. Goodhall and Son Ltd (for the Proprietors of 'The Bystander' magazine). The pack is complete and unopened (with seal intact). Bairnsfather's...

  • chess set, American Red Cross chess set, American Red Cross

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Militon Bradley Company

    Driver Burbrage was captured at Tobruk on the 21 June 1942. He was a POW in Italy and Germany and was in Stalag V for a time. He was released 10 May 1945. Issued to Exhibitions for Great Escapes -Returned October 2006.

  • model of Missile Erector Vehicle with Corporal Missile and Launching Platform model of Missile Erector Vehicle with Corporal Missile and Launching Platform

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Meccano Ltd (Dinky Toys), Liverpool

    Circa early 1960s Dinky 'Supertoy' model (number 666) of a Corporal missile on its mobile launcher. The real missile (of American design and production) came into British Army service in the late 1950s; operational testing in British use revealed an...

  • self-instruction cards, British, 'Semaphore Signalling In A Week self-instruction cards, British, 'Semaphore Signalling In A Week

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: George Waterston & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh and London

    Set of First World War period semaphore signalling self-instruction cards. The set, entitled 'Semaphore Signalling in a Week' (by Lt Col W J Younger, 4th Royal Scots) was made by George Waterson and Sons Ltd, Wholesale Stationers (Edinburgh and London)....

  • self-instruction cards, British, 'The Semaphore Simplified' training cards self-instruction cards, British, 'The Semaphore Simplified' training cards

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Gale & Polden Ltd, Wellington Works, Aldershot

    Set of First World War period semaphore signalling self-instruction training cards, for British Army use. The set, entitled 'The Semaphore Simplified', was published by Gale and Polden Ltd Wellington Works, Aldershot. The promotional text on the original...

  • card game, 'Militaire Army Card Game card game, 'Militaire Army Card Game

    (souvenirs and ephemera)

    First World War period British card game titled 'Militaire Army Card Game'. Complete set of 54 cards with rules and original packet.

Pages