US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Marine Corps "trench art" bracelet made during service in New Caledonia, a Pacific French colony. The bracelet was fashioned from aluminum from a Japanese Zero aircraft, and has a fantastic design complete with an etched...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s-World War II large silver-plated DC-3 pin. The pin is shaped like a DC-3 in diagonal flight and shows small details, such as windows. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-World War II. SIZE: 2" height and 2-15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1934-1935 Douglas Aircraft Company DC-2 "first flight" pin, commemorating the May 11, 1934 flight. The pin is very petite and finely-detailed, and is shaped like a DC-2 coming at the viewer head-on. VINTAGE: Circa 1934-1935...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool World War II donation celluloid pin for the Russian War Relief. The pin shows a bear, a traditional Russian symbol, and a V for victory. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I "Welcome Home" celluloid pin for the United States Army 26th Division that has a ribbon and an attached Liberty Bell. The pin bears an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the "Yankee Division"...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War I agent lapel pin in sterling silver for the United States Food Administration. The pin shows a brightly enameled starred and striped crest at its center encircled by a border of wheat. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1917 donation or lapel pin by Robbins Company for "Hero Land", an Allied benefit bazaar put on at the Grand Central Palace in New York during the 1917 holiday season. With one floor turned into a grand ballroom and another into the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Church War Cross pendant. Bordered with a decorative circle, the cross is in an openwork design and has a smaller encircled cross in each of its quadrants. The front of the cross reads CHRIST DIED FOR THEE. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I War Camp community service pin. The pin is nicely enameled in an orange-red and blue and shows a square at center with diamonds at each of its corners. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II Cuban-American V for Victory pin. The pin is a red V at the center of the Cuban and US flags with the Morse code for "victory" beneath. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 7/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice chained "Remember Pearl Harbor" pin. One pin is a decorative bar reading DEC-7-1941 and the other is a round pin showing a warship. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Bar: approximately 1/4" in height and 3/4" in width; pin:...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice circa 1940s (or possibly World War II) Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Department hat badge from Derry, New Hampshire. Some notable residents of Derry in the past were astronaut Alan Shepard and poet Robert Frost. The badge has an...