US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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...

SUBJECT: This is a great celluloid World War II North American Aviation (NAA) Employee Protection Corps/Civil Defense air raid warden badge. NAA began manufacturing aircraft in 1928, and is credited with several important models such as the F-86...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II sterling Pratt & Whitney three months of attendance pin. The pin is a wing with an eagle at center and reads PRATT & WHITNEY MISSOURI 3 MONTHS ATTENDANCE AWARD. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 9/16”...

SUBJECT: This is a rare, early World War II Pratt & Whitney / United Aircraft Auxiliary Defense Corps badge and manual. The badge is numbered 1477 and the manual is eleven pages. VINTAGE: Circa early World War II. SIZE: Badge:...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II era A. C. Spark Plug Company police badge. It was made out of wartime shortages steel that has been plated in chrome. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: Size: 2-1/2" x 2". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated steel...