Fraternity College & University Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1900 beer mug for the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The mug is hand-decorated with some gilt details and its organic handle has a great thumbpad. The mug displays a lovely gradient finish of pastel colors, a light almost pink...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1876 Alpha Chi Sigma fraternal pin of C. Phelan with beautifully enameled letters and numbers and jeweled accents. VINTAGE: Circa 1876. SIZE: About 3/4" in width by 3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 14kt gold (1.5 dwt)...

ARTIFACT: Unknown 1910 dated PSI THETA EPSILON fraternity pin in 14K gold and enamel with original owner's initials: "L.B." engraved on reverse. This pin came along with a Brown University Brownie Football Pin and may be Brown University...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1922 "Bishop Medal" for shooting from the Kamehameha Schools Rifle Club in Hawaii. The school was established in 188This medal was presented to cadet 1st Lieutenant Donald Bowman. The medal shows the school's interlocking K...

ARTIFACT: This is an old newsboy's license badge issued by the New Bedford, Massachusetts School Department. The badge is numbered on the front and has a C.D. Reese of New York maker mark on reverse. It dates from the 1920s or 1930s. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1880s-1890s Elkhorn, Manitoba Indian Home brass button. Opened in 1888, the Washakada Indian Home at Elkhorn was a boarding school for aboriginal students, spearheaded by Reverend Edward Francis Wilson. Wilson was an Anglican...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1966 US Air Force Academy Class/Sweetheart Pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1966. SIZE: About 3/8" in width by 1" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10K gold-filled and silver. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a "come-under" locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "First Call 1943", a book about the United States Army Air Forces 311th College Training Detachment at the College of Iowa in Caldwell, Iowa. The 311th resided at the college, which was saved from financial...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1940's or 1950's public school DuPont "DYNAMITERS" sports team badge from Wilmington, Delaware. The painted wood badge shows a stick of lit dynamite in the center and surrounding it reads: "DYNAMITERS P.S. duPONT" VINTAGE: Circa 1940's or...

ARTIFACT: 1952 pint milk bottle from Mount Hermon Boy’s School, scarce institutional bottle. The Mt. Hermon Boy’s School is now Northfield Mount Hermon School (NMH) and is located in Gill, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 1881, the school aimed at...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's American Motorless Aviation Corporation Cape Cod, Massachusetts Glider School 1st Class Glider badge by Whitehead & Hoag in Newark, New Jersey. The AMAC in Cape Cod was one of two glider/soaring schools in the country, the other...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's American Motorless Aviation Corporation Cape Cod, Massachusetts Glider School 3rd Class Glider badge by Whitehead & Hoag in Newark, New Jersey. The AMAC in Cape Cod was one of two glider/soaring schools in the country, the other...