US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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 /...

ARTIFACT: This is a small World War II United Service Organizations (USO) badge. The USO was formed in 1941 by the Roosevelt Administration to provide recreational activities and morale in general to troops. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I 3rd Liberty Loan volunteer badge from Portland, Oregon. The badge is round and shows a crest with a star above at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Great Cold War, early 1950's Oakland, California Civil Defense badge. This example, is shield shaped, topped with an eagle and reads "AUXILIARY VOLUNTEER POLICE OAKLAND, CALIF." and is numbered "1516" and bears a round, raised disc with an...

ARTIFACT: This is a badge for a worker at the Dupont munitions factory. The badge shows a photograph of the worker and a placard reading BG 82218 2862256. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I machine gun munitions worker badge. The badge has a bar at top that reads WAR WORKER, and the medallion reads MACHINE GUNS and shows a man at a forge and an eagle. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 1-11/16" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare Wake Island "V" for victory pin from early World War II. On the day after the Pearl Harbor attack, United States Marine Corps Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF-211) was at Wake Island in the North Pacific and had more than half...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I machine gun patriotic or sweetheart pin. The pin shows two machine guns crossed in an X formation. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 7/16" height and 15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a great enamel on sterling silver World War I anti-Germany lapel pin. The pin shows a brown cross reading CHRISTIANITY piercing a blue German helmet reading BARBARITY. An eagle is perched at the top of the cross. VINTAGE: Circa World...