Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

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 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: Rare circa 1900 early Musician's Labor Union member badge for the Musician's Mutual Benefit Association. The National League of Musicians joined with the Federation of Labor to form the American Federation of Musicians in the early 1900's. The...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful and rare WWI Era worker photo ID badge for E.A. Laboratories in Brooklyn, New York. Emanuel Aufiero, born in 1882 traveled to America from Italy in the early 1900's. He invented the first motor driven car horn with his brother at E. A...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1920's Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd. numbered worker badge by JR Gaunt. The round, nickel-plated brass badge shows the entwined letters: "B A Co. LTD." in raised detail and the reverse shows the number: "7122" and...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa early 1950s Eniwetok Proving ground three years of service employee lapel pin for a private construction contractor, Holmes & Narver, Inc. Located in the Marshall Islands, the Eniwetok atoll bore witness to...

ARTIFACT: This is a stunning, large and heavy sterling silver and enamel Martin B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft badge from World War II. Dubbed the ‘Widowmaker’ due to its high accident rate, the Marauder was made by the Glenn L. Martin Company and was...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1880's-90's Stockyard Feed Manager's Badge. It is made of nickel plated brass, with hand engraving that is filled with Jeweler's Black. The engravings have a nice symmetrical pattern surrounding the word "FEED" in the center of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War II security sergeant badge for Reynolds Metals. Reynolds had been supplying wrappers since 1919 under the name U.S. Foil Company. It changed its name to Reynolds Metals in 1928, two years after they started...