US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a nice World War I United War Work Campaign celluloid donation pin. The pin reads INDUSTRY IS PLEDGED TO HELP THE BOYS around its blue border and shows a starred and striped crest at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: Issue WASP Ike style jacket in unique WASP Santiago blue color. Includes WASP and Winged prop DIs. WWII Size 4 VINTAGE: Circa WWII. Women's size 4 (WWII). CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Light gabardine wool. MARKINGS: "4" on collar tag. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare sterling World War II Issue WASP pin given at graduation. This is only the 3rd one I have seen! VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 13/16" in width by 1" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling with enamel detail...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II 20th US Marine Corps Mothers "V for Victory pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Red, white and blue Bakelite with copper wire and pin and brass logo...

ARTIFACT: These are rare World War II Women's Auxiliary Defense Corps collar inserts in excellent condition with beautiful red eagle detail. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: About 3/4" in diameter each. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass with blue and red...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Women's Emergency Corps patch. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: About 3" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Flocked felt. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto garment. MARKINGS: None. ITEM NOTES: This is from a large Home...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II American Women's Voluntary Services eagle badge with wonderful feather detail. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: About 2-3/3" in width by 2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass with red, white and blue paint...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II gold-filled service/discharge pin for the Women's Army Corps, the first women's group other than nurses to serve in the United States Army. The pin reads WAC VETS on green enamel and shows a gold bust of a helmeted Athena...

ARTIFACT: This is unique WASP Fifinella figurine that has been modified into a pin. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 3-1/8 in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted Plaster of Paris with cotton/poly thread and cotton backing. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique circa 1930 trench art 75 mm shell for VO-8M (Marine Observation Squadron 8). Originally Marine Observation Squadron One, VO-8M was reorganized July 1, 1927 while serving in Nicaragua, later becoming VMO-Engaging in the Battle...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWII United States Navy Trench Art Shell for USS Core (CVE Ð 13). The USS Core was part of a scourge of U-Boats in the Atlantic that participated in 'hunter-killer' patrols covering moving convoys and was part of Operation Teardrop,...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice World War I trench art paperweight made of bullet projectiles. The paperweight has a triangular base with twenty-one vertical projectiles standing in rows upon it. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/16" in...