US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Welcome Home 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 (not...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s US Army Ordnance Association pin in bronze by BB&B with nice enamel detailing. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: About 5/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze with black and red enamel. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1914-1919, World War I "Overseas" Club Badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1919. SIZE: About 15/16" in width by 7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling silver. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a tongue-style "C" catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II 20th Air Force China-Burma-India Theatre bracelet with beautiful enameled detail for each country. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: About 8" in width by 7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling silver with...

ARTIFACT: This is a banner given to an American family whose son served in a World War I machine gun company. Banner is gold and shows a single star flag at center with a mounted machine gun at bottom. VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: 9" height and 5" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War II USO Hawaii badge in excellent condition. There is a banner under the USO logo which reads: "Hui Menehune." VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 1-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I 26th Division Arlington, Massachusetts Welcome Home button with a hanging division insignia, an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the "Yankee Division". VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully detailed World War I Jewish War Veterans of United States lapel pin. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About 1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt silver with blue enamel. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II German anti-aircraft gun "trench art" ashtray made from an 88 cm FLAK anti-aircraft ammo shell. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 5-1/2" height, 6" width and 5" depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War I German trench art cigarette lighter with intricate decoration. The cylindrical lighter was probably made to look like an artillery projectile. It bears the name of the artist (Wilhelm Pfeiffer) and the words...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War I example of German "trench jewelry", a bracelet made from the band of a Russian artillery shell fired at Bzura, Poland in 191The bracelet has an inscription describing its origin and a Knight's Cross and oak leaves...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I worker badge for the International Arms & Fuze Co. (Shell Division). The badge is numbered 49860 and is in the shape of an artillery shell. Located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, the company was founded in 191Live...