Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful 1962 Vice Admiral John S. Thach ROK presentation plaque. Thach was a World War II naval aviator, air combat tactician, and admiral in the United States Navy. Thach developed the Thach Weave and later the big blue blanket, an...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950s submariner's coffee mug from the United States Navy USS Albacore (AGSS-569), which was commissioned in 1953 as a test sub and can now be seen at Albacore Park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The mug shows a dolphin insignia...

ARTIFACT: Salty Korean War United States Navy Chief Petty Officer Ring, KARAT CLAD by Crest Craft. The ring features an oval bezel set, faceted watery blue colored stone with an anchor in the center displaying the letters: "USN", the ring has a heavy...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1959 Zippo USN ship lighter for the USS Saratoga CVA-60 in excellent, lightly used condition. The lighter shows an image of the carrier bearing the number: 60 with a US Naval wing in yellow detail above and below it reads: "U. S. S...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint and unfired circa mid-1950s United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Castor AKS-Launched May 20, 1939, the Castor was a general stores issue ship. After a 1956 typhoon, the Castor rescued eleven souls from the disabled...

ARTIFACT: This is a large circa 1950s or 1960s United States Naval Academy Annapolis beer mug by Imperial. The mug has a decorative rope border at top and bottom and a logo bearing the school's motto: EX SCIENTIA TRIDENS (Through Knowledge, Sea Power)...

ARTIFACT: Korean War era United States Navy ashtray by Korea Ironstone. The ashtray reads: US NAVAL ADVISORY GROUP COMMISSIONED OFFICERS MESS CHINHAE KOREA". Originally a U.S. Naval Advisory Group in 1946, CFAC eventually evolved into the first Fleet...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1951 United States Navy VC-61 Pilot and Commanding Officer Louis L. Bangs personal lighter. Made in Japan by Wellington. Born in 1919, Bangs served from 1940 to 1964 on the USS Enterprise, USS Bennington, and USS Ticonderoga. Among...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1950 United States Naval Academy (USNA) Ring Dance women's compact souvenir. The cover has a wonderful graphic of a couple beneath a huge class ring and the reverse of the compact has a textured pattern. The compact opens...

ARTIFACT: Korean War era 1950's United States Navy Pilot grouping of Lieutenant Commander Louis P. Racy. The grouping includes two beautiful, enameled FAGU (Fleet Air Gunnery Unit) cufflinks that read: "FLEET AIR GUNNERY UNIT" the predecessor to the...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful late 1940's - Korean War era United States Navy Mine Squadron Three Japanese-made fine porcelain, hand painted ashtray. The center shows an eagle perched atop a mine bearing the number "3" in gold detail. The outer edge of the ashtray...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s United States Navy aircraft navigational (flight) computer Mark 8 named to Don Bozell on its reverse. Two discs with information to aid a pilot in correcting for air speed are connected at their centers and the top one...