Telegraph & Messaging Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Unidentified 1950's – 60's (?) B.M.R. Enterprises courier badge. The center shows a raised five-point star and surrounding reads: "B.M.R. ENTERPRISES" with an eagle at the top holding a banner in its beak that reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s badge for the Union Pacific Railroad Superintendent of Telegraph. Union Pacific, now the largest railroad in the United States, has been around in one form or another since 1862. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is an Italian Post and Telegraph Militia (Milizia Postelegrafonica) enlisted man shoulder board from the 1930's into World War II. Formed in 1925, this group had anti-fraud duties during peacetime, as well as its wartime functions such as...

ARTIFACT: This is a New England Telephone & Telegraph Company "Bell System" operator's service brooch. The brooch is by Balfour, and is gold-filled with a green stone at center beneath a bell in relief. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s or 1940s...

ARTIFACT: This is an old New England Telephone and Telegraph Company "Bell System" Operator service brooch for ten years of service with the company. At center is a bell in relief with two stars beneath. The badge is by Balfour, and is...

ARTIFACT: This is an early New England Telephone & Telegraph Company operator's brooch for long service with the company. The brooch is by Balfour in gold-fill, and has a pink stone under a bell in relief. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s or 1940s. SIZE: About...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s New England Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Systems employee badge. The badge is enameled in cobalt blue and is numbered 1412. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s-1930s American District Telegraph Company messenger badge numbered 293 along with eighteen uniform buttons. ADT is now solely a security company. The badge has the seal of the State of Michigan at its center. VINTAGE: Circa...