Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful World War II dual United States Navy "E for Excellence" and United States Maritime Service "M" award pin for Nordberg Manufacturing Company. Nordberg was a heavy machinery and steam engine outfit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early World War II worker photo identification badge from Midvale Steel at Nicetown, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In operation from 1867 to 1976, Midvale specialized in durable metal alloys used for applications such as...

ARTIFACT: This is a Johns Manville corporate pilot hat badge from the 1960s. Johns Manville has been around since the 1850s and manufactures building supplies such as roofing materials and insulation and other residential-use products. The badge is a set...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s or 1980s pilot hat badge for DeBeers Diamond Group Corporation. The bullion badge shows a light blue symbol at the center that vaguely resembles a "P" or perhaps a flag. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s-1980s. SIZE: Approximately 2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War I United States Air Service Spruce Production Division service pin. The pin reads SPRUCE PRODUCTION DIVISION AIR SERVICE U.S. ARMY 1917-1918 and shows a plane flying above two spruce trees and an Air Service insignia...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1920s advertising paperweight for Byers Machinery of Ravenna, Ohio. The paperweight advertises the company's patented "Bear Cat" crane (excavator). The company founder, John F. Byers, also invented an oatmeal grinder, the...

ARTIFACT: Rare, HUGE WWII Douglas C-54 Skymaster Transport Aircraft pin, nicely detailed in sterling silver. The C-54 was modeled after civilian craft and used by the USAAF during WWII, the aircraft was used to transport cargo, military personnel, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1906 Colorado School of Mines graduation pin in 14K gold, engraved "W.Abel". VINTAGE: Circa 1906. SIZE: About 3/4" in width by 3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 14 K Gold with enamel. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a "C"...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Dean Gold Mine, Mineral Park, Arizona key fob found at Silver King Dump in 196The old tag on back erroneously names the fob as being from the Dean Gold Mine (across the state, near the Ghost Town of Mineral Park), but historical...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1892 framed jacquard woven tapestry depicting Christopher Columbus' sighting of America. The tapestry was designed and made at the Arlington Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has...

ARTIFACT: This is a worker lapel badge for an unknown manufacturing company (W.B. Manufacturing Company). The pin is numbered 323 in blue enamel on its front beneath a spinning wheel. It may perhaps be for a woolen or cotton mill, possibly in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of World War I Texas Agricultural Institute Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) patches. One patch is badge-shaped and spells out AGGIE around a maroon star while the other spells out U.S. R.O.T.C. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...