Entertainment Radio Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1942 Captain Midnight's Secret Squadron Decoder Badge. VINTAGE: 1942 SIZE: Approximately 2-1/8" in height x 1-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt Brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal safety-style pin. MARKINGS: MASTER...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1946 "Captain Midnight" radio show Secret Squadron decoder badge. Originally broadcast locally in Kansas City, Captain Midnight began entertaining national audiences from 1940 for about two decades. He was an adventurous WWI...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1940s badge from the radio show "Junior G-Men". Beginning in 1936, the show was hosted by ex-FBI man and successful pursuer of John Dillinger, Melvin Purvis. "Junior G-Men" clubs sprang up and took the nation by storm in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II Lone Ranger Victory Corps lapel pin showing the head of the most famous fictional Texas Ranger over a large "V". There is a maker mark and 1942 copyright on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1942 (World War II)...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1934 member badge for the Dick Steel, Boy Reporter News Service Club. The Sick Steel show aired on NBC Radio for one season. The Educator Biscuit Company sponsored the popular yet short-lived show and supplied all manner of...

ARTIFACT: Unknown 1930's Junior Ranger 120 pin in painted, nickel plated brass. Radio? Premium? Lone Ranger? VINTAGE: Circa 1930's SIZE: Approximately 2 1/8" x 1 ¼" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated brass and paint. ATTACHMENT: Vertical...

ARTIFACT: Cool vintage 1950's Motorola tube radio Type 56B1A with chassis HS – 512 and it works! The brown and cream colored radio reads: "MOTOROLA" across the top with the company's logo below. There are two dials, one reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s Special Investigator badge from the radio show "Junior G-Men". Beginning in 1936, the show was hosted by ex-FBI man and successful pursuer of John Dillinger, Melvin Purvis. "Junior G-Men" clubs...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1947 "Captain Midnight" radio show Secret Squadron decoder whistle. Originally broadcast locally in Kansas City, Captain Midnight began entertaining national audiences from 1940 for about two decades. He was an...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1936 Melvin Purvis Junior G-Man Corps radio program premium from Post Cereal. Great adjustable brass ring set in a smaller size showing just enough wear to know that it was loved for a brief while in the days prior to WWII. Beginning...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce Radio Orphan Annie identification bracelet showing the initial "A". The bracelets were a promotional item distributed by Ovaltine for the radio show's November 20, 1940 broadcast. The initial on front corresponded to...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1939 Radio Orphan Annie Secret Society Decoder Badge "Mysto Matic". First introduced as a comic strip character in 1924, Little Orphan Annie went on to score her own radio show as soon as 1930, and her Secret Society...