New York City Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s New York City Fire Department pilot badge "off duty" or a 2nd. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 2-3/8" wide by 3" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with "drop-in" locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1990 commemorative badge for the 125th anniversary of the F.D.N.Y. (Fire Department of the City of New York). Now a respected entity, the first manifestation of the F.D.N.Y. garnered some resentment when it was created after the Act...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1936 "lucky penny" from the famous Stork Club in New York City. The penny is a wheat penny encased within a outer ring of aluminum that reads SONNY KENDIS AND HIS ORCHESTRA DINNER-SUPPER-DANCING GUS MARTEL AND.HIS RHUMBA...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1910s Press reporter badge from the New York City Evening Sun newspaper. The New York Sun hit the streets in 1833, becoming a wildly popular newspaper almost overnight. The paper had many incarnations, one of which was the...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1890s-1900s mini-mug match holder from New York City's famous Marlborough Rathskeller saloon. The mug is cream-colored and reads MARLBOROUGH RATHSKELLER in red. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s-1900s. SIZE: 2-1/4" height and 1-13/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled souvenir lapel pin from the USSR Cultural (Soviet National) Exhibit that opened at the New York City Coliseum on June 30, 195The exhibition was agreed to per a 1958 treaty by the United States and Russian governments as a...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid badge for the Lynn, Massachusetts General Electric plant from the 1940 New York World's Fair. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper, celluloid and tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890's  tested 14 Karat Gold Associate Member Badge for the Alex. Hamilton Post, # 182, of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in New York City. GAR is a fraternal organization for the Union veterans of the Civil War. This...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s US Postal Service Post Office Foreman badge from New York, New York. The badge has a coppery patina and is nicely enameled in blue with a neat logo in relief at the center. It is numbered on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully made circa 1930s miniature New York City Police lieutenant badge. The badge shows the New York City seal at center (a colonist and a Native American greeting one another). VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1930s numbered cap badge for a New York City sanitation man. The badge has a nice City of New York raised seal at its center, along with hard-fired blue enamel numbers (2260). VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: Rare, New York City 1880's – 1890's Department of Finance "Employe" Badge (older spelling of the word). Nice early eagle perched at the top badge, with an early seal depicted in the center, and the words: "EMPLOYE DEPARTMENT OF...