US Militaria Artifacts By Branch Of Service

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II War Department Investigator United States Army Air Corps badge. VINTAGE: Circa early WWII. SIZE: 1-1/4" wide by 2-1/16" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated nickel. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a drop-in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II US Marine Corps Police Pearl Harbor Navy Yard badge. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately: 2" in width x 3-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with drop...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States War Department Military Intelligence badge. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: 1-1/2 wide by 2" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with blue enamled lettering. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War I United States Shipping Board Badge. VINTAGE: Circa early WWI. SIZE: 1-3/4" wide by 1-3/4" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Rose Gold plated brass with black painted lettering.. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s tintype of what appears to be a Boston, Massachusetts police officer. The officer is obviously a Civil War veteran from the fact that he is wearing an early 1870s GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) membership medal (please...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s private purchase Czechoslovakian Air Force pilot badge in plated brass. The badge shows a winged sword bearing the Czech coat of arms within a wreath. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: About 1-7/8" in height x 2-3/8" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful, numbered example of a rare World War II Chinese Commando wing as issued to OSS (Office of Strategic Services) operators in the China-Burma-India theatre. The wing is somewhat flat with some two-dimensional ridges in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Japanese-made lighter for the United States Navy VA-216 ATKRON 216 attack squadron, also known as the "Black Diamonds". The front of the lighter bears a black and white enameled shield with assorted battle weapons...

ARTIFACT: Cool, early 1960's Submarine USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) Portsmouth Navy Yard lighter, in excellent unfired condition. Commissioned in 1964, SSBN-636 was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. During the early 1970's the Nathanael Greene...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Rothco lighter for the United States Army Quartermaster School at Fort Lee, Virginia. The front of the lighter has an enameled crest and reads HONOR GRADUATE beneath. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa Korean War full-size Japanese-made lighter for the United States Air Force Security Service 15th Radio Squadron Mobile. The front of the lighter has a medallion featuring a lightning bug riding a winged thunderbolt.Courtesy of...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful World War II cigarette PX (post exchange) lighter. It was personalized by a soldier with the United States Army 9th Coast Artillery Harbor Defenses of Boston, who engraved it with the initials RHL within a diamond, a dog,...