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ARTIFACT: This is a circa employee badge for the Hercules Powder Company of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Hercules was formed in 1912 by a man with a mythically fitting name: T.W. Bacchus. The badge is oval and is numbered 652 with a New Orleans,...

ARTIFACT: WWII Era Factory Worker Photo ID badge from Union Twist Drill in Athol, Massachusetts by Whitehead & Hoag. The center of the badge features the workers photo with the numbers: "1036" and surrounding it reads: "UNION TWIST DRILL CO. ATHOL,...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare "E for Excellence in Production" pin from the National Fireworks Inc. of West Hanover, Massachusetts. The pin is oval and shows two crossed cannons and an anchor and reads E FOR PRODUCTION UNITED STATES NAVY BUREAU OF...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa World War II Exhaust Shop maintenance worker badge for ELCO (Electric Boat Company) of Bayonne, New Jersey. Begun in 1892, ELCO manufactured several types of boats, including yachts, power boats and PT (patrol torpedo)...

ARTIFACT: WWII era Colgate - Palmolive - Peet Co. worker photo identification badge. The steel, rectangular badge features a black and white period photo in the center that reads: "S. V. HAGEST" along the bottom and on the left, height marks show him...

ARTIFACT: Very cool WWII United States Submarine plaque from Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Homefront piece made by a War Worker building subs, made using material that would be used on subs, Bakelite-type brown/black plastic,...

ARTIFACT: Great, rare, 1910's -1920's Socony Burner Corp. Serviceman photo ID badge by the C. C. Braxmar Co., New York. Socony Burner was part of Standard Oil Co. of New York, now Mobil. The center of the steel badge features a period photo beneath...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1920's – 1930's Otis Elevator Service employee badge in enameled and nickeled brass. The center shows a globe in embossed detail and reads: "OTIS" through the center in blue enamel. The outer edge reads: "ELEVATOR SERVICE"...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1930s badge worn by a plumbing contractor building what was to become the United States Army's Camp Edwards in 193The badge reads ARMY CAMP 295 M. AHERN PLUMBING CONTRACTOR FALMOUTH, MASS. VINTAGE: Circa late 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era worker badge from Ball-Band of Mishawaka, Indiana. Ball-Band was a brand of rubber shoe first produced in 1898 by the Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Manufacturing Company, and became an umbrella name for many of their...

ARTIFACT: WWI Home Front War Service Ship Building #'d War Worker badge in excellent condition. The center shows a nicely detailed ship sailing the waters, above a US Shield and surrounding it reads: "WAR SERVICE SHIP BUILDING" in embossed...

ARTIFACT: Great WWI Home Front Ship Building service workers lapel pin in bronze on original card. At its peak, Hog Island employed some 30,000 workers and launched a vessel every 5.5 days. Its workers built 122 ships in four years, and although none saw...