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A nice condition white officer's helmet with CONTROL, two black bars and Finchley crest recently sold on the tat bazaar. A rare survivor and the helmet sold for £350 plus shipping). Quite a number of Finchley helmets had the waterslide transfer added to them. The coat of arms of Finchley features a ragged chevron (the upward pointed bar) and represents Finchley Wood. The bishop's mitre represents the Bishop of London who was lord of the manor. A red Tudor rose in the middle of the chevron and the two horns on the shield represent the use of Finchley Woods for hunting by royalty during the medieval period.  Finchley Control Room Helmet
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A very young Messenger at the Festival of Youth in June 1944. I can find nothing online about this particular festival. There's an interesting beret badge on display and one I currently don't recognise. If you have any ideas, drop me a message.  A very young Civil Defence messenger in 1944 I was in the city of Lille this weekend for the annual Braderie (think citywide car boot/flea market). Usually there is nothing to find from the UK but a militaria vendor had this 1941-dated battledress. The battledress had Depot shoulder title with single narrow embroidered rank bar (for Depot Superintendent), embroidered-style war service chevrons and standard CD breast badge. I thought I saw evidence of rank chevrons having one been on the sleeve. You never know the provenance of items bought like this and it could have been played around with. How it came to be in France in anyone's guess. And lastly, how much was it? It's staying in France as the vendor wanted €200 (about £170). Everything he had was stupid money.
Another scarce WW2-period FIRE GUARD lapel badge has appeared on the tat bazaar. I've seen the design before. Be interesting to see how high this one goes.  Fire Guard Badge Photo of a warden with an Airedale terrier that has been trained to locate wounded people in bombed buildings and carry messages (stored in the pouch on the dog's collar). Probably published more as a propaganda piece. Photo undated but given the warden in wearing bluette overalls probably early in the war.  Dogs Trained In A.R.P.  Details of the photo |
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