US Army

ARTIFACT: This is a rare vase from the famous Rex Hotel in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam). Originally an automobile garage built during the late 1920s, the building began its conversion into a luxury hotel complex in 195Four hundred United...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1960s ashtray from the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon. Now called the Hotel Continental of Ho Chi Minh City, the hotel was originally built in 1880 under French Colonial rule of Vietnam. Its Old World ambiance...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Korean War era presentation tapestry with 24 bullion, silk and wool Korean Army unit patches. The tapestry was presented to Colonel J. W. Parr, Jr. by Colonel Cho Eun Yung in February 1954. VINTAGE: Circa February 1954...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice "CBI" distinctive insignia made in the China-Burma-India theatre. The pin is a crest with white and red enameled stripes, one of them reading CBI, and a sun and moon against a field of blue above. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a great eagle pin from the China-Burma-India theatre. The eagle is quite detailed and is clutching an enameled red, white and blue crest. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-1/4" height and 1-9/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered World War II theatre-made DI (distinctive insignia) for the Executive Headquarters. Enameled in a brilliant blue, the badge bears Chinese characters at top and three interlocking rings flanked by stalks of wheat...

ARTIFACT: This is a large and very beautiful World War II Chiang Kai Shek Victory Order medal with a low number, which along with the colors of the ribbon indicate that this medal was issued relatively early on. The medal is in enameled gilt silver and...

ARTIFACT: This is a CBI theatre-made DI. The DI is a red and white striped crest with a white sun and star on a field of blue. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1" height and 3/4" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1954 full-size Wellington lighter for the United States Army 8042nd AU at Camp Drake, Japan. The front of the lighter has a medallion of a mountain peak enameled in red, white and blue and CAMP DRAKE REPLACEMENT DEPOT is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Price Associates lighter for the Raytheon Missile Systems Division. The company's oval logo is engraved and painted in red on the front of the lighter. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese-made full-size risque' novelty lighter by TOKYO from the Korean War era. The front of the lighter reads KOREA on top and YOU AND YOUR DAMN MIDNIGHT SNACKS! at bottom, and shows a discontented bare-breasted woman in bed...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Rolf "Trench-style" cigarette lighter. This "AUTOMATIC STORM PROOF" lighter was made in Austria and is marked with a patent number. The lighter is complete and in excellent condition. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's - 1930's...