US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Balao SS-285 submarine launch badge. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Balao (SS-285) was launched 27 October 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore C. Aylward, wife of Lieutenant Commander Aylward,...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930's - WWII Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Power Plant Foreman badge by Braxmar Co., in New York. The convex center depicts a spread winged eagle bearing the US Shield on its chest and clutching an anchor in its talons in nice relief detail...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Portsmouth Navy Yard Administrative Submarine worker photo ID badge. Photograph shows employee with silhouetted submarines in background, number 124. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: 1 ¾"round CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel,...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War II submarine badge made at Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire/Kittery, Maine. The badge is in brass. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and 3" in length...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's Portsmouth Navy Yard auto license plate or plate topper. The plate is red, painted steel and reads: "NAVY YARD 318 PORTSMOUTH" in raised lettering in white painted detail. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 7-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War II United States Navy submariner's sweetheart pin by Balfour. The pin is in sterling silver and is two pins joined by a chain: one pin is an enameled bar reading USN and the other is a miniature dolphins...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare miniature 1930s United States Navy officer's submarine dolphins in bronze by Bailey, Banks & Biddle. The badge is in either a hat or a sweetheart size. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 7/16" in height and 1-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War II Civilian Technician hat for a technician working with the United States Navy. The increasingly complex technology that outstripped the skill set of most enlisted men and officers fired the need to engage these...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Submarine Coloring Book. The very large format book was published in 1944 by Merrill and illustrated by Fredric C. Madan. Two of the pages have been tastefully colored with a small color test spot on a third page. Great graphic...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful framed World War II promotional PT (patrol torpedo) boat print from the Electric Boat Company (Elco). Begun in 1892, Elco manufactured several types of boats, including yachts, power boats and boats for the United States...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1930s or World War II woman's long service brooch for "National" - maybe a cash register company? The pin is decidedly feminine and has a gold-filled and enameled eagle upon a sterling silver filigree frame...

ARTIFACT: This is a worker lapel badge for an unknown manufacturing company (W.B. Manufacturing Company). The pin is numbered 323 in blue enamel on its front beneath a spinning wheel. It may perhaps be for a woolen or cotton mill, possibly in the...