US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s celluloid pin showing a bright orange peace symbol against a black background. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid-wrapped tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic World War I era factory police badge for firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson, Inc. Founded in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1852, the company had already established its dominant reputation in the world weapons market long...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Albany, New York Defense Corps Badge. The badge shows the seal of the City of Albany with an eagle at top and reads DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ALBANY 171 DEFENSE CORPS. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately:...

ARTIFACT: This is a Tilton and Northfield, New Hampshire Police Badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 2-1/4" in width by 3-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated brass with black painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Westinghouse Electric police badge. The badge would have been worn at Los Alamos during Westinghouse's involvement with the Manhattan Project, codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,...

ARTIFACT: WWII Boston, Massachusetts Air Raid Warden badge. The shield shaped badge reads: "WARDEN AIR RAID POLICE DEPT. CITY OF BOSTON" and is numbered "3428" in the center. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 2 1/8" x 1 " CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II City of Boston Police Department Air Raid Warden badge #2407. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated nickel with painted accents...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare high-ranking "executive" American Protective League (APL) type III badge from the World War I era. Formed in 1917, the APL was a citizens' organization collaborating with federal officials against alleged German and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1917 United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation agent badge from Bristol, Pennsylvania. The badge is in a lime green and off-white and is numbered 12088. VINTAGE: Circa 1917. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and unique circa 1930s sweetheart bracelet made from pre-World War II Philippine DIs. All of the DIs are stamped C. ZAMORA on reverse and one of them is for the Philippine Air Corps. They have been soldered to chains to make...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty World War I United States Shipping Board-Emergency Fleet Corporation / American International Shipbuilding Corporation war worker badge from the Hog Island (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Shipyard. The badge is by Philadelphia...

ARTIFACT: This is a 10 karat gold pin for forty years of service to the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company by Balfour. The pin reads NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. 40 and shows the company's logo at center with a gear, trident and NN...