US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps patch in red showing a pine tree, a kettle and the letters C.C.C. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 3-3/4" height and 2-1/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Red woven wool felt patch...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1920s-1930s Citizens' Military Training Corps marksman badge. The National Defense Act of 1920 created the CMTC so that male citizens could receive military training without signing up for the service. The CMTC held classes...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique gold star mother badge made from her dead son's engraved Bronze Star medal. The badge is a star with a smaller star at center, both fitted inside a pentagon border. The Bronze Star medal is awarded for heroic or meritorious...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1930s Jewish anti-Hitler celluloid pin. The pin shows a Star of David and reads HALT HITLER. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 5/8" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid with tin backing. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1917 United States Army badge from Portland, Oregon. The badge shows an eagle beneath a winged shield and reads OVER THE TOP. VINTAGE: Circa 1917 (World War I). SIZE: About 1-1/16" in width by 1-3/16" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a trench art box made by a German prisoner of war at Prisoner War Encampment #16 in France, possibly an American camp. The top of the rectangular box is removable and is engraved with the words 1945 P.W.E. #16 FRANCE. The legs of the...

ARTIFACT: Jon A. Maguire's 1996 More Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens: An Expanded Study of USAS, USAAC, & USAAF Uniforms, Wings & Insignia ?? 1913 ??? 1945 Including Civilian Auxiliaries. This book is still one of the best WWI ??? WWII USAS, USAAC, & USAAF...

ARTIFACT: This is an author-signed copy of "A Wartime Log". This book was published in China by Howell Press in 1994 by Art and Lee Beltrone, former reporter for Newsweek and editor/writer/photogrpaher, respectively. The book is a compilation...

ARTIFACT: Great 1968 Pearl Harbor souvenir booklet: Pearl Harbor Story Authentic information and pictures of the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 by Captain William T. Rice, USNR (Ret). This Fourth Printing is nearly fifty pages of illustrations...

ARTIFACT: Great 1941 Anti-Nazi, Anti-German sensationalist novel: GERMANY MUST PERISH! by Theodore N. Kaufman. The bright orange novel depicts a black swastika in the center and reads: "GERMANY MUST PERISH". The top reads: "THE BOOK THAT HITLER FEARS",...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War era homefront Chrysler Tank Division lapel pin. The Chrysler Corporation manufactured tanks for the United States military as early as World War II, in addition to its regular fare of automobiles. The pin is by Bastian...

ARTIFACT: This is a classic early World War II United States Army Air Forces issue "graduation" pilot wing. The wing is in sterling silver and shows a striped crest at its center. There are initials scratched on the wing's reverse, presumably...