[FONT="]Just been sifting through some of my papers and come across these..... Enjoy,,,,, Dave.
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SD2 Warning leaflets
- Thread starter millsbomber
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Its not a good fuse either, well it was just to warn the public, better pictures
waffenamt
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Cheers Kev
Time permitting now as ive got a new job whilst winding down my own small business a bit.
I only have a small collection room,so good planning is essential.
best
waff
ehre_treue
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SD2 Warning Leaflet
I found this one on the web yesterday
I found this one on the web yesterday
butterfly
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SD2 Warning Leaflet
I found this one on the web yesterday
Thanks ehre treue, for posting this picture.
Now I have seen this one before, but only online.........does anyone know who produced this poster? As it says ' report to your C.O. ', I would assume it was a military produced one for official use, but, was this general issue or was it produced for Bomb Disposal - anyone know??
One things for sure, I wouldn't mind finding an original one of those!!!
regards Kev
Due to the wording and style, I've always thought this poster to be American in origin.
I have both the above leaflets: mine is undated and I think this may be the 'original' version issued in late 1941 when butterflies were first used against the UK. My hunch is that they were reissued with the /43 issue date. I've always been suspect about the yellow butterfly leaflets with the blue writing. There is a guy on ebay who has a permanent, never-ending constant supply of them for sale. The feel and colour of the paper, together with the blue print, seems very odd for wartime, especially when you compare it with other wartime leaflets of the period. The jury is still out on that one...
I was very lucky to pick up the British full colour 30" x 20" 'Beware of the Butterfly Bomb' poster some years ago, surely up there with the Firebomb Fritz poster. The dealer had glazed and framed it and assured me that he would send it padded wrapped in the post. The idiot put some polystyrene popcorn in with the parcel and of course they all sunk to the bottom, leaving the glass completely exposed in the box: hey presto, the frame and glass was smashed to bits on arrival - fortunately the poster was undamaged!
I also have the full set of ARP instructional glass slides of the Butterfly Bomb: the dealer said they showed "various types of wild butterflies around Britain" - he was sort of right!
I have both the above leaflets: mine is undated and I think this may be the 'original' version issued in late 1941 when butterflies were first used against the UK. My hunch is that they were reissued with the /43 issue date. I've always been suspect about the yellow butterfly leaflets with the blue writing. There is a guy on ebay who has a permanent, never-ending constant supply of them for sale. The feel and colour of the paper, together with the blue print, seems very odd for wartime, especially when you compare it with other wartime leaflets of the period. The jury is still out on that one...
I was very lucky to pick up the British full colour 30" x 20" 'Beware of the Butterfly Bomb' poster some years ago, surely up there with the Firebomb Fritz poster. The dealer had glazed and framed it and assured me that he would send it padded wrapped in the post. The idiot put some polystyrene popcorn in with the parcel and of course they all sunk to the bottom, leaving the glass completely exposed in the box: hey presto, the frame and glass was smashed to bits on arrival - fortunately the poster was undamaged!
I also have the full set of ARP instructional glass slides of the Butterfly Bomb: the dealer said they showed "various types of wild butterflies around Britain" - he was sort of right!
butterfly
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Thankyou, I think you could be right about the poster being American.....though it would be good to get a definate ID on it.
Looks like you have some very nice pieces in your collection..........glad to hear the poster survived the transit, even if the frame didn't.
kind regards Kev
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I Had never seen that poster before, it sort of makes me think its for troops not civilians, USA good point, i have the British full colour too, i have not taken out for its tube as Kent police removed it and then put it back in the tube, in bits.
The Yellow warning leaflets, the blue writing one i got from a collection i brought but the black one i brought many years ago at Tilbury fort fair, the dealer who sold me it had a roll of them, wished now i brought the complete roll, here's 2 training posters for the SD2 as it was classed as a mine,
Dave.
The Yellow warning leaflets, the blue writing one i got from a collection i brought but the black one i brought many years ago at Tilbury fort fair, the dealer who sold me it had a roll of them, wished now i brought the complete roll, here's 2 training posters for the SD2 as it was classed as a mine,
Dave.
Superb example there Kev
butterfly
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Thanks Dave, this was a fairly recent addition after years of searching, funny sometimes how these things come along when you least expect it.
I might say the same about the two posters you have, they look in superb condition too. I think they were part of a mine training set weren't they, issued for use prior to the invasion??
The examples I have were kindly given to me by a BOCN member, you will notice a slight variation in that the one showing the SD2 doesn't have the red ink printed on it...........(damn, yet another variation to collect !!!)
my examples....
regards Kev
I might say the same about the two posters you have, they look in superb condition too. I think they were part of a mine training set weren't they, issued for use prior to the invasion??
The examples I have were kindly given to me by a BOCN member, you will notice a slight variation in that the one showing the SD2 doesn't have the red ink printed on it...........(damn, yet another variation to collect !!!)
my examples....
regards Kev
I still have 2 sets of colored posters but only one set with the SD2, sorry to say it but you must have the cheaper versions LOL, still we now know there are 2 versions and also where thy are,,,,,, Dave
butterfly
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Hmmmm, not sure on this as I also have the 'photographic' version of this leaflet with the early date of 10 / 41 .
A thought came to me about the 'artist touched-up' photo, maybe at some point an artist 'coloured in' the photographs to represent the actual colours and this could have been used in the flyers. I really cannot think of any other explination to change the picture in these. The type set on the wording is slightly different too. However, this isn't the first time I have seen this, take the 'Beware of the Butterfly Bomb' poster, this has artist touched-up photos on it too. I guess with no date on the lealet then we may never know when they were produced for sure............at least we know there are two out there, so there must be others....(yet another one for me to find !!!, don't you just love being a collector???)
regards Kev