US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1943 United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) recruiting poster. The WAVES were the first women to serve in the army as a division of the US Navy. The poster reads ON THE SAME TEAM and attempts...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1943 United States Women's Army Corps recruiting poster. The poster asks ARE YOU A GIRL WITH A STAR-SPANGLED HEART? A female soldier framed by a billowing American flag looks imploringly out for any like-minded "girls"...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare numbered Panama Canal Roosevelt Medal for service with a second award bar. The medal is round and hangs from a scrolled pin bar, and reads FOR TWO YEARS CONTINUOUS SERVICE ON THE PANAMA CANAL C.J. McGILLICUDDY and shows the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s or World War II Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Special Patrolman badge, used for an officer protecting a factory or performing a similar duty. The badge is shield -'shaped with the number 523 at center. VINTAGE: Circa late...

ARTIFACT: This is a WWII Donation Pin for Chinese Living Abroad in New York. It was presented for donating towards the purchase of an aircraft to fight against Japan. This pin was made for wear in the United States and there is an American maker's mark...

ARTIFACT: This is a promotional poster for the movie "Pearl Harbor", a Touchstone Pictures film that came out in theatres in 200The poster shows a few scenes from the movie portraying the assault on people taken unawares by Japanese fighter...

ARTIFACT: This is a patch from the 1945 movie "A Bell for Adano". The movie was based upon the novel by John Hersey, who won the Pulitzer prize in 1945 for his novel. VINTAGE: Circa 1945. SIZE: 3-7/8" height and 3-3/4" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War II security sergeant badge for Reynolds Metals. Reynolds had been supplying wrappers since 1919 under the name U.S. Foil Company. It changed its name to Reynolds Metals in 1928, two years after they started...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) officer collar badge. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years...

ARTIFACT: This is an American Red Cross aviation ambulance donation pin in celluloid from World War I. The pin is white with a red cross at center and the word AVIATION beneath. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1923 celluloid pin advertising a Haverhill, Massachusetts military demonstration at which a biplane was featured. The pin lists the dates of the demonstration, November 12-14, and shows two armed soldiers ducking some bursting...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful early WWII Allies flag bracelet in enameled gold filled sterling. The flags featured are Australia, Yugoslavia, China, Greece, Poland (in exile? Inverted), United States, Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). Only one I've seen. VINTAGE: Circa...