US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and rare ELCO PT Boats war worker enameled lapel pin. The pin reads ELCO NATIONAL DEFENSE WORKER and shows a Mosquito riding a Torpedo over the waves at center along with a V. The Morse Code for V is at the top of the pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I War Worker award badge for ship building. A bar at the top of the badge reads WAR WORKER, and the medallion reads E. PLURBUS UNUM and SHIP BUILDING and shows a man at a forge and an eagle grasping arrows. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce, numbered World War I War Worker badge for turbine engines. The badge shows a man in overalls with mechanic's tools and an eagle. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa Korean War era CBS-Hytron Radio and TV Tube Manufacturing Corporation worker badge. Hytron was bought out by CBS (Columbia Broadcasting Systems) in the early 1950s to become CBS-Hytron of Newburyport, Massachusetts. The blue...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful World War II dual United States Navy "E for Excellence" and United States Maritime Service "M" award pin for Nordberg Manufacturing Company. Nordberg was a heavy machinery and steam engine outfit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II photo identification badge for a Watertown Arsenal employee (Watertown, Massachusetts.) Watertown Arsenal, now on the American Society of Civil Engineers' list of historic landmarks, was used by the United States Army...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II worker identification badge for the Bethlehem Steel Company's shipyards in Boston, Massachusetts. The oval-shaped badge is by Whitehead & Hoag. The badge has a photograph of the employee and is labeled DB 32Although his...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early World War II worker photo identification badge from Midvale Steel at Nicetown, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In operation from 1867 to 1976, Midvale specialized in durable metal alloys used for applications such as...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Hytron Radio Tube Manufacturing Corporation worker badge. Hytron was a company in Lawrence, Massachusetts that got bought out by CBS in the early 1950s. The oval badge shows a photo of a woman worker at center, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II civilian woman worker's identification badge for Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Fort Monmouth was the United States Army installation from which Julius Rosenberg passed on secret plans to the Soviets. The badge is in orange...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver WWII Home Front War Worker lapel pin from American Car & Foundry, which is in the shape of a 3/4 view of a Tank.American Car & Foundry was located in Berwick Pennsylvania, and s WWII was starting, the company...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I factory worker badge for the "Aviation Machine Department" of an unknown outfit. The badge is numbered 35. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in height and 1-1/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...