US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States volunteer badge lapel stud. The badge is oval with a ship at center and reads U.S SHIPYARD VOLUNTEER. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in height and 1-1/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II service pin for the American Women's Auxiliary Defense Corps. The pin shows a red eagle against a blue cross and reads WE SERVED WORLD WAR II. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered World War I aircraft factory worker badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The pin reads AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL SERVICE US ARMY NAVY and shows a propeller at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 5/8" height and 1" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1918 War Savings Service badge by D. L. Auld Company. The badge is an eagle sitting on a bar above the seal of the State of Ohio. VINTAGE: Circa 1918. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in height and 1-1/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...