Unknown/Unidentified Insignia & Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Unidentified patch. Girl Scouts? The patch is a light teal/aqua diamond surrounded by a border of yellow with the letters 'SD' embroidered in center. VINTAGE: Circa unknown SIZE: 2 ¾" x 2 ½" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified badge that reads 18 and 98 separately, each surrounded by a pair of sideways parentheses, and then "C.T.". There is a "The Tower Brand" logo stamped on the front upper center. VINTAGE: Circa possibly 1898...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified crest-shaped insignia with a bordered black square in the upper-left hand corner. The rest of the pin is yellow and red, with a zig-zagging gold swath cutting through the middle. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: 1-1/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified hexagonal insignia that reads VMC and shows downward-pointing arrows and spikes. The pin is in blue enamel. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: 1-1/16" height and 1-3/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass with...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified triangular badge from Dayton, Kentucky that shows the initials CA (or AC), possibly for some sort of association. The badge is reminiscent of an 1870s-1880s style of law enforcement badge. VINTAGE: Possibly circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified pin, possibly for the Chicago Cardinals football team. The pin shows a cardinal perched on a "C" styled similarly to today's Chicago Bears' "C" logo. Chicago was the home of the Cardinals until they moved to St. Louis in...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified belt buckle, and might possibly be an extremely rare French Colonial Troops officer buckle from World War I. The buckle's outer ring is a leafy wreath and the inner circle shows an anchor at center. VINTAGE: Possibly...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified badge by Young & Company from Auckland. The badge is round in black enamel and reads FA'AMATALAUPU WESTERN SAMOA with a palm tree-studded star at center. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: 1-1/2" diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 20th century advertising lapel pin for the Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois. G & J gained their fame making Rambler Bicycles in the late 1800's, then Jeffery split off and went on to produce...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified patch which reads GET ACROSS and shows a globe with a red aircraft flying across the Atlantic Ocean. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: 3-1/8" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Felt patch embroidered in multi-colored...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified crest-shaped patch which reads U.S. GROUP C.C. D.P. on a blue field and has blue, white and red stripes at its top border. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: 3-3/8" height and 3-3/8" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified jacket patch, possibly for aviation patrol. At center is a patrol member surfing on a lightning bolt. This patch came to us with an unidentified jacket patch for "American Air Reserve Long Beach" (please see link at...