Manufacturing Related Artifacts & Collectibles

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 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 circa 1920s employee badge by Whitehead & Hoag for Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporation of Farmingdale, New York. Sherman Fairchild, the corporation's founder, was rejected by the Army for World War I service because of his...

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: 1920's – 1930's tool check fob for Bethlehem Steel's wholly owned railroad, the PB & NE RR. As the manufacturing market changed from iron to steel, Bethlehem Co. became the only company to survive the transition. As the market continued to...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid- to late 1960s Guard hat 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 17 and hasthe...

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

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...