WW2 artefacts for pupils to handle

​Bring your Second World war topic to life with ALL these authentic
items for your pupils to experience and handle

General items
Mickey mouse gas mask
Adult gas mask
​Dynamo Torch
ARP Helmet
ARP Axe
Civil Defence (i.e. an air raid warden's) gas mask
Air raid warden's gas rattle
Air raid Whistle
Royal engineers badge
ARP Badge
Various medals
Coins and notes
Blackout lamp - black ARP issue
ARP Fire Fighting Stirrup Water Pump
ARP First aid box containing, Shell dressings, bandages, Triangular bandages
Anti-gas ointment
Working telegraph set
Butterfly bomb
Incendary Bomb (Replica
full size German WW2 50kg bomb (Replica)
Mine Detector
WW2 evacuee suitcase and contents, including: children's toys, boys and girls books

Documents
Identity cards
Ration book
ARP cigarette card collector's album
Letter from the King to the school children
Receipt for an air raid shelter signed by a householder
Letters for claims for war damage (a pair of curtains among them!)
A letter from a school headteacher about closing to build air raid shelters,
asking parents to help
Handwriting book from a German school boy
Boy's own comic
Various posters
Plus many more items are being added all the time

Secret items
I also bring along a range of secret items that the pupils have to guess what they are and what they are used for.

Evacuees Suitcase

Wartime Documents

Rationing

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