Fraternal Societies Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous 1890's League of American Wheelman (L. A. W.), New York state division member lapel pin by O'Hara Watch Dial Company. The round, enameled lapel pin shows a spoked wheel with a blue faceted stone in the center and three lovely detailed...

ARTIFACT: WWII United Service Organization (U.S.O.) Club Colorado Springs Key and Fob. The brass fob reads: "U.S.O. 8 COLO. SPRINGS" and the key reads: "LOCK & PRODUCT CO. INC. INTERNATIONAL DETROIT, U.S.A." VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1960 United States National Matches, National Rifle Association jacket patch. The center of the patch shows the NRA emblem, an eagle bearing a red, white, and blue shield on its chest and is perched above crossed rifles and two handguns...

ARTIFACT: Nice WWI era United Kingdom Women's Institute Homefront food production organization member badge. The Women's Institute (WI) was founded in Britain 1915 to promote the war effort by helping to revitalize communities and encouraging more women...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920's ??? 1930's Wakayama Prefecture dog lover's association bronze award medal. The oval medal features a dog's head in wonderful raised detail in the center, the outer edge of the medal shows a wreath of laurel leaves joined together...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified wonderful early 1930's Chenille Aviation Company or Organization SDA jacket patch. Great patch almost in the shape of a parachute depicting an early 1930’s Airplane or Glider flying through the rays of the rising sun. SDA??...

ARTIFACT: 1950's vintage United Kingdom Transatlantic Brides and Parents Association member badge. The center of the badge shows a ship on the ocean and an aircraft flying the sky between North America and Europe and the outer, dark blue ring shows...

ARTIFACT: Sterling, vintage 1960's New England Women's Golf Association member lapel pin. The center of the pin depicts the outline of the New England states with a woman teeing off in the center, a flagstick and a slightly mountainous horizon are in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage shoulder patch for American Youth Hostels (AYH), a group started in 1934 in Northfield, Massachusetts. The group was modeled after the German concept from decades earlier of giving young people a pastoral outlet to escape the...

ARTIFACT: Fun, vintage 1971 Firestone Tires sponsored PRO-AM Professional Bowling Association Tournament of Champions. The participant mug shows the red Firestone logo at the top and beneath the PBA logo two circles, one showing bowling pins and the...