US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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/photographer, respectively. The book is a compilation of...

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...

ARTIFACT: Very rare scarf to rare CBI Chinese-US command unit: Z-FOS VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: 6" wide by 32" long. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: embroidered silk. ITEM NOTES: This is from a CBI Theater collection which we will be listing more...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful Mediterranean Allied Air Forces patriotic silk scarf by Brooke Cadwallader. According to LIFE Magazine, some of Cadwallader's artistic Manhattan-made scarves had already become collector's pieces just after the war. This...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II patch for the United States Army Air Forces Recruiting Service Unit 1 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 2-3/8"e; in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silk-screen on wool felt...