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Not many of these will have survived down the years; a Lambeth Fire Guard window display poster. Would allow people to identify the home of a Fire Guard member, possibly the party leader.  Lambeth Fire Guard Window Poster
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Issued by the Ministry of Home Security this poster covers various instructions for dealing with a gas attack. It's a poster I don't believe I've come across before and is currently listed on the US version of eBay for an exorbitant price.  Gas Attack - Ministry of Home Security Information Poster With the threat of a European war growing in the late 1930s, the government created a recruitment campaign for the various ARP services including the Women's Voluntary Service. One of these posters – ARP Looks To You – of which some 50,000 were printed, featured Barbara Kershaw. Originally from Brighouse, she was working as a model in London, aged 25. I came across a source that says she replaced the original model chosen as that person was of German extraction… The poster was entered into a competition and won first prize for the 19-year-old artist. A photo of Stella Reading congratulating the artist can be found in the Getty Photo Archive. It appears that the original model used on the competition entry was replaced by Kershaw for the poster that was used publicly.
A WW2 British Ministry of Home Security Instructional Diagram Number 3 of the German 1KG incendiary bomb with explosive nose (IBEN).  WW2 1KG Incendiary Bomb With Explosive Nose (IBEN) Instructional Poster Here's an interesting item sent in via the website (thank you Wayne). This looks to be a homemade instructional poster about the dangers of incendiary bombs - especially the ones containing additional explosive material. Two IBs have been made from wood to show scale no doubt. Possibly someone that had attended an instructors' course returned to his area and made this to show his fellow wardens. A rare survivor.  Homemade WW2 German Incendiary Bomb Instruction Poster |
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