US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps patch in black showing a pine tree, a kettle and the letters C.C.C. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 3-3/4" height and 2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Black felt patch embroidered in gold...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s National Recovery Act printing stamp. It reads NRA MEMBER U.S. WE DO OUR PART and shows an eagle clutching arrows. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 1-1/4 height and 1-5/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Pot metal. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1933-1934 National Recovery Administration (NRA) store participant banner. After almost eighty years, this short-lived but nation-wide recovery plan of Roosevelt's New Deal is still memorable for its boost to the US economy...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful, large 1930s belt buckle for the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 170The National Defense Act of 1920 created the CMTC so that male citizens could receive military training without signing up for the service. The CMTC...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Boston USO lapel pin in sterling and a guide book for the city. The guidebook is 32 pages and includes information such as lodging accommodations, historic points of interest and sporting events. VINTAGE: Circa World War...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II USO Volunteer Service badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 1-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid and paper with brass pin. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal safety-style pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Welcome Home 28th Division button. VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: Button: About 7/8" in diameter (not including pin). CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, paper and tin. ATTACHMENT: Stick pin. MARKINGS: BASTIAN BROS. CO...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Spencer, Massachusetts "Welcome Home" button. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About 7/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, paper and tin. ATTACHMENT: Stick pin. MARKINGS: THE WHITEHEAD AND HOAG CO...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I "Welcome Home" United States Army 27th Division button. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in diameter (not including pin). CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, paper and tin. ATTACHMENT: Stick pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I "Welcome Home" United States Army 26th Division button that bears the division's insignia, an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the "Yankee Division". VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Army 26th Division veterans' tie bar, which bears an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the "Yankee Division". VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About 2-1/2" in width by 7/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Welcome Home Fighting 26th Division button that bears the division's insignia, an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the "Yankee Division". VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in diameter...