US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified brooch from the 1940s in the shape of a crossed tomahawk and war club. This piece of jewelry may have even been a war donation pin of some sort. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II shoulder tab for the United States Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the precursor of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). The tab was meant for wear beneath the chevrons, and reads WAAC In moss green against an old-gold...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II GI or sweetheart bracelet in enameled silver from the China-Burma-India theatre. This bracelet is elegant in its simplicity, with a delicately engraved border. It is marked STERLING SILVER on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a sewing kit by the American Theatre Wing War Service Inc. The creator of the Tony Award, the group was a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund which encouraged theatrical education but also supported servicemen and families of...

ARTIFACT: This is a plaque and set of insignia from the "Manhattan Project", codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, along with Britain and Canada, to produce the first atomic bomb. The grouping includes a plaque...

ARTIFACT: Great, comical WWII United States Army souvenir pillowcase. The center of the silk pillowcase shows a grizzly bear standing on the surface of a globe and is hurling bombs and artillery by hand upon a section of the globe that shows Japan and...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver World War I ring for the United States Army 26th Division. At the ring's center is the 26th Division insignia, an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the Yankee Division". The ring may have...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's – WWII United States Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Camp) at Harvard University shoulder patch. The red wool felt patch is embroidered with the University's motto: "VE", "RI", "TAS", Veritas or Truth. When Harvard's ROTC unit...

ARTIFACT: Very cool and unusual WWII M-3 United States Army Tank celluloid oval shaped badge made like a workers ID badge. The photo shows two gentleman, one a soldier and the other possibly a business man or manufacturer standing with the M-3…the...