Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s employee badge for Walworth Manufacturing Company. Walworth was an early toolmaker in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the turn of the twentieth century was the leading maker of adjustable non-monkey style wrenches. The badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice old Caterpillar Tractor watch fob. It reads CATERPILLAR REG. US PAT. OFF. and shows a very detailed tractor on front. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 5-1/4" height and 1-9/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an Roycroft worker pin made by S. D. Childs & Company of Chicago. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: 1-1/8" height and 3/4" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with enamel. ATTACHMENT: Vertical safety-style pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1900 Hudson's Bay Company factor (or mercantile agent) badge. The badge was made in England by J.R. Gaunt of London. It is nicely enameled with the Hudson's Bay coat of arms, two stags and a fox with a crest above the motto...

ARTIFACT: This is an early lapel pin for the League of American Wheelmen, New York State division. This would be worn by their consul. AGE:Circa 1880s-90s. SIZE: Just under " diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass with a porcelain enameled "dial"...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Winchester Firearms war worker badge. The badge reads WAR SERVICE MUNITIONS MANUFACTURE and shows a soldier holding a rifle against a cityscape with a crest of stars and stripes. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Raytheon Manufacturing Company police "E" photo badge. The badge shows a black and white photograph of Officer Hayden and his badge number: 7860. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/8" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II "E" pin for excellence in production for Triumph Explosives, Inc. of Elkton, Maryland. Triumph manufactured munitions, including anti-aircraft shells for United States Navy and Allied ships. The pin was issued to Triumph...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Steel Federal Shipyards pin given to an employee with 5 years of service. The pin reads FEDERAL SHIPYARDS USS 5 YEARS SERVICE and shows a ship on open water. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 9/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa World War I war worker badge made by Gorham for the Rome-Turney Radiator Company of Rome, New York. The badge is numbered on reverse and comes with its original box. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Badge:...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I badge for the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. The "Four L" formed in 1917 as a measure to preserve the wood supply crucial to the war effort from hindrances caused by labor strikes. The badge shows a forest scene...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare gold-front high-level contributor lapel pin for the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (LLLL) from World War I. The "Four L" formed in 1917 as a measure to preserve the wood supply crucial to the war effort from hindrances...