US Army

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Mothers membership pin for women having sons in the service. The pin is in red, white and blue enameled sterling silver bat with a single star hanging below. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a great, large and mint World War II V for Victory pin studded with rhinestones. It may possibly have something to do with the US Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team, as it came with a 442nd RCT patch at an Albany, New York area thrift...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II patriotic pin by Coro. The pin reads DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY and shows Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves with hat and jacket cast aside. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-1/4" height and 1-5/8" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful "Active Sammy" lithographed tin soldier toy from World War I. Sammy was the original action figure! His joints swivel, allowing him to get into many different poses, and he is detachable from his base. The base of the toy...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I "No-Man's Land" Doughboy bring-back: a 1915 dated Prussian 98/05 butcher blade bayonet. It has a grooved wooden handle and is maker marked upon the blade. This bayonet came to us in the company of a few other items,...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1959 large Randall Knife of Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Stewart. This knife, deaccessioned from well-known Randall collector Tom Clinton's collection, is displayed on Tom Ziemba's Air America Web Site www.air-america.net as having...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early World War II British Airborne paratrooper wing made in Egypt of silk-embroidered khaki. The SOE (Special Operations Executive), the UK version of OSS, operated out of Cairo in the latter days of World War II with heavy...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare World War II 3rd Contingent Operational Group shoulder patch in bullion. This patch was most likely made in northern Italy or in the Balkans. It came to us along with an English paratrooper wing made in Egypt (sold...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of "The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918: A Compendium of Modern Practice and a Collection of Useful Notes, Formulae, Rules, Tables, and Aeronautical Data Relating to Aeronautics" by R. Boriase Matthews. The volume was published in...

ARTIFACT: This is a reference book entitled "Thirty Years of U.S. Army Pilot Wings: 1917 to 1947". This book was written by collector, war veteran and pilot, Charles I. Fitzsimmons Ph.D. It was published by SDS Americorp, Incorporated in 199Not all of...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1943 hardcover copy of "Combined Operations: The Official Story of the Commandos". The book's dust jacket is intact: it is rare to find this book in this condition. The book has a foreword by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten,...

ARTIFACT: This is a very nice copy of "Get Tough! How to Win in Hand-to-Hand Combat Fighting" by Captain W.E. Fairbairn. Fairbairn began his service in the British Armed Forces in 190He also became a police officer, worked for the British Secret Service,...