US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I (circa 1917) example of artillery shell trench art with an Iron Cross design on one side and what seems to be a smiley face (Arty The German Trench Art Shell) on the other. All signs pointing toward the shell being...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Ð 1920s United States Air Service sweetheart propeller pin made by Robbins Company. The pin has an enameled star at center and the wings are detailed similar to dragonfly wings. VINTAGE: Circa World War I Ð 1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1939 USMA (United States Military Academy) West Point sweetheart bracelet. VINTAGE: Circa 1939. SIZE: About 7" in width by 5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass. ATTACHMENT: Bracelet "Alligator" clasp...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1943 box carved in North Africa by a soldier in the United States Army 112th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion for his sweetheart. The box has a deeply carved 112th insignia and message to the sweetheart on the removable...