US Militaria Artifacts By Branch Of Service

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 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I Ship Builders War Service celluloid badge. The badge is red, white and blue with a logo showing an interlocked anchor and capital R and reads 289 GEO. F. RODGERS & CO. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered World War I Connecticut State Council of Defense agricultural volunteer badge. The badge is oval and shows the Connecticut state seal at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and 2-9/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War I bronze level worker badge for the United States Government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Production of nitrate began within a few weeks of the end of World War I. There were three levels for this...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice World War I United States War Worker service lapel pin. The pin is a five-pointed star with fine etching and its center is enameled in a beautiful cobalt blue. It was made by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Australian-made United States Army Air Forces P-38 trench art ashtray from World War II. The base is a British or Australian shell dated 1942 (hard to read). The plane will "fly" in a circle but care must be taken...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I "trench art" lighter made from the centers of Imperial German belt buckles fitted with a flint wheel. The lighter is quite large, measuring just over 2-1/2" in height. The buckle centers display the motto "Gott Mit...

ARTIFACT: This is a great named World War I trench art letter opener showing an engraved representation of a DeHavilland 4 airplane, the sole US-manufactured airplane to participate in the Great War. The opener is in the "bottle opener" style with a...

ARTIFACT: Unusual WWI Trench Art shell design. One side reads: "AEF FRANCE 1918" and the other shows the symbol for two sons in service, two five pointed stars and the US Engineers castle insignia. The bottom reads: "75 DEC C 18 SN 50L 17BX"...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful World War I trench art shell made by United States Army Tank Corps S.F.C. (Sergeant First Class) Jack J. Clarke for his gal, Myrtle. The shell is named on the bottom. In addition to Myrtle's name on the lower front, this...