US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War I example of trench art made from part of a German artillery round. Carved on the front of the item is GERMAN SHELL SCARBORO DEC. 1914. VINTAGE: Circa early World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1" height and 3-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II era beaded Navajo patriotic pin. The pin is a great phoenix-like eagle with spread wings bearing a red and white striped crest on its breast. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in height and 2-1/2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Navajo-made beaded World War II V for Victory pin. The pin is a red, white and blue eagle with wings outstretched in a V formation. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and 1-5/8" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War II United States Army Air Forces WASP (Women Air Force Service Pilots) honorable discharge pin in sterling silver. The pin was made by Amico and has very nice, intricate detail on the wings at its center...