US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a plaque and set of insignia from the "Manhattan Project", codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, along with Britain and Canada, to produce the first atomic bomb. The grouping includes a plaque...

ARTIFACT: Great, comical WWII United States Army souvenir pillowcase. The center of the silk pillowcase shows a grizzly bear standing on the surface of a globe and is hurling bombs and artillery by hand upon a section of the globe that shows Japan and...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver World War I ring for the United States Army 26th Division. At the ring's center is the 26th Division insignia, an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the Yankee Division". The ring may have...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's – WWII United States Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Camp) at Harvard University shoulder patch. The red wool felt patch is embroidered with the University's motto: "VE", "RI", "TAS", Veritas or Truth. When Harvard's ROTC unit...

ARTIFACT: Very cool and unusual WWII M-3 United States Army Tank celluloid oval shaped badge made like a workers ID badge. The photo shows two gentleman, one a soldier and the other possibly a business man or manufacturer standing with the M-3…the...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce miniature World War II United States Army paratrooper wings. This paratroops badge is sterling silver and has a parachute at its center. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 7/16" in height x 3/4" in length...

ARTIFACT: This is a large World War I celluloid "Welcome Home" pin for the United States Army 28th Infantry Division (aka "Keystone Division"), part of the Pennsylvania National Guard. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is an unusual World War I celluloid pin for the Radnor (Pennsylvania) Battalion Soldiers of the Commissionary. The pin has a paper Philadelphia manufacturer label on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early World War II volunteer badge for the New York Region Anti-Aircraft Artillery Corps (AAAC) Aircraft Artillery Corps Intelligence Service (AAAIS). These volunteers operated early radars. The badge is nicely enameled in red...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1943 distinctive insignia for the Massachusetts State Guard Women's Defense Corps. The DI is nicely enameled in red white and blue and reads PARATUS AT FIDELIS (ready and loyal). VINTAGE: Circa World War II (circa 1943)...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts National Guard Enlisted Man collar disk set by Amcraft Metal. One disc features a raised collar prop and the other reads: US MASS 101" in raised lettering. During the early 1930's...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Housing Corporation (USHC) lapel pin. The pin shows an eagle at center with a blue enameled border reading WAR SERVICE USHC.The USHC was a federal agency that existed during World War I. It was part of...