Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid- to late 1960s Guard badge for Winthrop Labs of Rensselaer, New York. Winthrop was the pharmaceutical company responsible for creating the famous anabolic steroid known as Winstrol. The badge is numbered 19 and has the Seal...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1960's Police badge for Winthrop Labs of Rensselaer, New York. Winthrop was the pharmaceutical company responsible for creating the famous anabolic steroid known as Winstrol. The badge is numbered 10 and has the Seal of...

ARTIFACT: Early WWII era San Francisco, California Special Police badge from Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation (Bethlehem Steel Company). The large, convex six point star shaped badge shows the number: "95" in the center and surrounding it reads: "SAN...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s employee lapel pin for ten years of service with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an entity created during the Civil War. The pin shows a small eagle at the top and has enameled details. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or 1940s employee lapel pin for ten years of service with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an entity created during the Civil War. The pin shows an old-fashioned plow and sheaves of wheat on the front...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930's United States Department of Agriculture Hat Badge. The badge reads UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE and shows an eagle at top. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: 1-1/2" in height x 2-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant Industry Inspector badge. The Bureau of Plant Industry was established in 1919 when the Bureau of Economic Zoology, which had operated within the Department of Agriculture since 1897, was...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and rare first issue circa 1920 Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant Industry Inspector badge in a small size. The badge is in beautifully enameled sterling silver and has a W.G. Dorrety of Boston maker mark on reverse. The Bureau...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and rare first issue circa 1920 Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant Industry Inspector badge. The badge is in beautifully enameled sterling silver and has a W.G. Dorrety of Boston maker mark on reverse. The Bureau of Plant Industry...

ARTIFACT: This is a great WWI Era Maryland Ship Building Company Guard hat badge. The copper badge features a nicely detailed eagle perched at the top of the badge. The center of the badge depicts an embossed, nicely detailed ship sailing with smoke...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II US Merchant Marine Union pin. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 5/8" in width by 7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated brass with enamel accents. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post. MARKINGS: Makers mark: I...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s lapel pin for thirty years of membership with the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. A member's longevity...