US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Winchester Firearms war worker badge. The badge reads WAR SERVICE MUNITIONS MANUFACTURE and shows a soldier holding a rifle against a cityscape with a crest of stars and stripes. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1950s Civil Defense Auxiliary Police patrolman breast and hat badge from Erie County, New York by United Uniform Company. Both badges are numbered 3071. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s. SIZE: Breast badge: approximately 3-1/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver World War II United Service Organizations (USO) volunteer 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver World War II United Service Organizations (USO) pin with the letters U, S and O in an intertwined design. The USO was formed in 1941 by the Roosevelt Administration to provide recreational activities and morale in...