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 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 minty circa 1930s New York City Department of Parks employee badge. This badge has a great green enameled leaf at its center and is numbered 4001. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1-7/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s employee badge for the New York City Department of Public Works. The badge was made by a New York manufacturer and is numbered 1797. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1900 cabinet card photograph of a New York City policeman. The photo clearly shows the seemingly intense officer wearing badge number 1480. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 5-3/8" x 3-3/4" CONSTRUCTION /...