Manufacturing Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I worker identification badge for Carbide Tool Company of Chicago, Illinois. The badge is numbered 482 and was made by Greenduck Company. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1920's – 1930's Otis Elevator Service employee badge in enameled and nickeled brass. The center shows a globe in embossed detail and reads: "OTIS" through the center in blue enamel. The outer edge reads: "ELEVATOR SERVICE"...

ARTIFACT: Rare WWII Junkers Flugzeuge U(nd) Motorenwerke A.G. tool or part tag in painted, wartime zinc. The tag shows the number: "244" stamped in the center with black painted detail and below the letter: "F" in raised detail. The outer edge reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare first edition of "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan" by Thomas Dixon Jr. The bookplate is from the New Hampshire summer home of John J. Glessner, famed industrialist. Glessner, a Midwest native, invested in...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful and rare circa 1910 National Motor Vehicle Co. enameled lapel pin. National Motor Vehicle Co. was established in the early 1900's and National's first model was an electric runabout called the Style A in 1900. By 1905, gas-powered...

ARTIFACT: Early circa 1943 Boeing B-29 Super Fortress lapel pin in gilt and enameled sterling silver. The example is dated early 1943 as indicated by the aircraft marking. Earlier markings included a red circle within the star, this example shows the red...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1912 100th anniversary advertising paperweight for the Waterbury Button Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. The company's website boasts that at the meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox Courthouse,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 worker badge for Schrafft's, a Charlestown, Massachusetts chocolate manufacturer. Schrafft's was started the same year as the Civil War began. The shield-shaped badge is by Bastian Brothers of Rochester, New York. It is...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous 1940’s Chance Vought Aircraft Corp. 5 Years of Service lapel pin by Balfour. Founded in 1917 under the name, The Lewis and Vought Corporation the name soon changed to Chance Vought Corporation in 1922 upon Lewis’ retirement. Chance...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare 1940 Pratt & Whitney bronze table medal from the East Hartford Plant Expansion. The handsome table medal features a piece of Duralumin bezel set into the top center and below it reads: “THIS PIECE OF DURALUMIN IS FROM THE FIRST...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Curtiss Aeronautical technician representative work uniform patch. The blue herringbone twill patch reads: “CURTISS” in yellow embroidered detail, this example shows an error on the border or thread loss from when the patch was...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Curtiss Aeronautical technician representative work uniform patch. The blue herringbone twill patch reads: “CURTISS” in yellow embroidered detail. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 4-1/4” x...