Sports & Olympic Related Artifacts & Collectibles

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: Gorgeous 1885 League of American Wheelman (L. A. W.) 2nd Place Medal in enamel and hand-engraved coin silver named on the reverse to "BENJ. S. WEBB". The center of the medal shows a bicycle wheel with a pinwheel-like arrangement of...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1186 25 Mile Bicycle Road Race medial in coin silver, hand engraved and enameled. The bar reads: "THIRD" and the suspended planchet shows a lovely floral embellishment and in the center it reads: "ROAD RACE 1186"...

ARTIFACT: Nice circa 1900 Hartford Cycle Co. Vedette head badge for a Pattern 21 bicycle. The head badge is nicely detailed and reads: "VEDETTE" in the center and above: "PATTERN 21 HARTFORD CYCLE" and below: "HARTFORD, CT. U.S.A." in embossed lettering...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1900 Barnes White Flyer Bicycle advertising celluloid lapel stud by Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark, New Jersey. The center of the stud reads: "BARNES WHITE FLYER" and the edges features scroll embellishments...

ARTIFACT: Nice vintage 1900 Bay-State Bicycles advertising celluloid lapel stud by Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark, New Jersey. The center of the stud reads: "RIDE BAY-STATE BICYCLES" and the edges feature nice embellished detail. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s Pioneer Parachute Company promotional parasail parachute pin. The pin shows a parachutist with parachute deployed. VINTAGE: Circa 1970's. SIZE: About 1" in height x 11/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful World War I Victory bowling tournament participant badge. It is from 1918 and reads FOR THE BOYS OVER THERE on reverse. The badge is a pinback with an American flag ribbon affixed to it. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930 tinnie for the Turnerbund Turnfest, or gymnastics festival, held that year at Brachet. The tinnie reads Turnverein Hall 1862 Schauturnen Brachet 30 Deutshcer Turnerbund. The coppery tinnie has an example of the rounded swastika...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1927 Nazi tinnie for the Turnerbund Turnfest, or gymnastics festival, held that year at Galzburg. The tinnie reads Turnhalle Groffnungs Feier 15.-22 Maien 1927 Galzburger-Turnverein. The tinnie has an example of the rounded swastika...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1924 Nazi tinnie for the Turnerbund Kreis-Turnfest, or gymnastics festival, held at Ostmark that year. The tinnie reads Kreis-Turnfest d Kreifest Oftmark Wiener Neuftadt 18-20 Heumonds 192The octagonal badge has an example of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and rare bronze participant medal on a ribbon for the 1934 Deutsche Kampfspiele (German Sports Contests). Upon receiving no invitation to the 1920 Olympics, Germany developed the Kampfspiele as their national answer to the...