US Coast Guard USCG Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful early 1930's US Navy Pilot wing by NANCO. VINTAGE: Circa mid 1930's. SIZE: About 2-3/4" in width by 7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a "drop-in" locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930 US Navy/US Coast Guard "Large Anchor" pilot wing. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 2-3/4" in width by 1-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a "drop-in" locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II cruise book for the United States Navy USS Samuel Chase Attack Transport (APA-26). Launched August 23, 1941 USS Samuel Chase was initially a Maritime Commission ship. She was operated by the United States Coast Guard...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1942 War Edition of "The Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet" by James C. Fahey of the US Naval Institute. The book has several black and white photographs illustrating all types of both ships and planes in use by the Navy...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War II US Forces Service Medal from Chatham, Massachusetts, a small Cape Cod community. The medal is in sterling silver and hangs from a red, white and blue ribbon. It was made by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, New Jersey...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War I service medal from Hamilton, Massachusetts along with its original box. The medal is on a red, white and blue ribbon and the bar reads PRO PATRIA. The medal shows a bust of Alexander Hamilton, which is also the...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of Volume 1, Number 3 "Service: A quarterly periodical of Christian thought and Bible study for men in the Armed Forces" from 194The booklet has a few black-and-white illustrations. VINTAGE: Published circa 1943 (World War II)...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful and scarce, early WWII "National Defense" Discharge Lapel Pin (Ruptured Duck) for discharged personnel who had been on active service prior to December 7th, 194Rare by B.B. & B Bronze, gold plated. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare American Girl Sea Cadet 4-Year Service medal. VINTAGE: Circa ?. SIZE: About 1-3/8" in width by 2-5/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a tongue-style "C" catch. MARKINGS: None...

ARTIFACT: Great, classic WWII Women's Recruiting Poster, showing Army, WAC, Navy Wave, Woman Marine, and USCG Spar. Great manageable size! Two small areas of foxing on edge could easily be bleached out, or matted over. Poster read"For Your Country's...

ARTIFACT: This is a nineteenth century billy club made of lignum vitae, a very durable wood from which cricket and croquet balls are usually made. The club may have been used either by a police officer or in a nautical setting. The club is short and...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver World War II United States Coast Guard son-in-service pin. The pin is in two parts, with one being a rectangle bearing a single star at its center and the other being a crest set against two crossed anchors...