US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's Portsmouth Navy Yard auto license plate or plate topper. The plate is red, painted steel and reads: "NAVY YARD 318 PORTSMOUTH" in raised lettering in white painted detail. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 7-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War II United States Navy submariner's sweetheart pin by Balfour. The pin is in sterling silver and is two pins joined by a chain: one pin is an enameled bar reading USN and the other is a miniature dolphins...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare miniature 1930s United States Navy officer's submarine dolphins in bronze by Bailey, Banks & Biddle. The badge is in either a hat or a sweetheart size. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 7/16" in height and 1-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War II Civilian Technician hat for a technician working with the United States Navy. The increasingly complex technology that outstripped the skill set of most enlisted men and officers fired the need to engage these...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Submarine Coloring Book. The very large format book was published in 1944 by Merrill and illustrated by Fredric C. Madan. Two of the pages have been tastefully colored with a small color test spot on a third page. Great graphic...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful framed World War II promotional PT (patrol torpedo) boat print from the Electric Boat Company (Elco). Begun in 1892, Elco manufactured several types of boats, including yachts, power boats and boats for the United States...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1930s or World War II woman's long service brooch for "National" - maybe a cash register company? The pin is decidedly feminine and has a gold-filled and enameled eagle upon a sterling silver filigree frame...

ARTIFACT: This is a worker lapel badge for an unknown manufacturing company (W.B. Manufacturing Company). The pin is numbered 323 in blue enamel on its front beneath a spinning wheel. It may perhaps be for a woolen or cotton mill, possibly in the...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified brooch from the 1940s in the shape of a crossed tomahawk and war club. This piece of jewelry may have even been a war donation pin of some sort. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II shoulder tab for the United States Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the precursor of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). The tab was meant for wear beneath the chevrons, and reads WAAC In moss green against an old-gold...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II GI or sweetheart bracelet in enameled silver from the China-Burma-India theatre. This bracelet is elegant in its simplicity, with a delicately engraved border. It is marked STERLING SILVER on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a sewing kit by the American Theatre Wing War Service Inc. The creator of the Tony Award, the group was a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund which encouraged theatrical education but also supported servicemen and families of...