Suitcase of original WW2 artefacts to inspire learning in the classroom
Contents:
- Cotton Shirt
- Detachable shirt collar
- Able Seaman’s collar
- Pair of Khaki drill shorts
- Gas Mask in bag
- Torch with light guard for blackouts
- Two Helmets
- Pair of long gaiters with Utility Mark
- Pair of khaki webbing gaiters
- Four Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) buttons
- National Fire Service cloth badge
- Four Air Raid Precaution (ARP) Warden’s buttons
- WVS badge
- Loyal Service Badge
- ARP badge
- ARP enamel doorplate
- Civil Defence booklet ‘Fire Precautions on Wartime’
- Eight Postcards of Cabinet War Rooms
- Copy of letter sent to all members of the Allied Expeditionary Force by General Eisenhower 5th June 1944
- Biography ‘Arnhem Spearhead’
- Photocopy of ‘Army Talks’
- ARP pamphlet ‘Advising the public in the event of an Invasion
- The Worcestershire Regiment History of the 1944-45 campaign
- Operation Overlord – 16 Photographs
Find the latest price list on our main Loans Boxes page.
To book a loans box contact Su Vale, our Learning Co-Ordinator on museum@worcestershire.gov.uk or phone 01299 250416.
Key topics – WW2, Army, Navy, costume, warfare
An example of contents from the WW2 Services Suitcase Loans Box