US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: Sleek and one dimensional, WWII United States Navy Submarine tie bar from the Portsmouth Navy Yard with seldom seen "V" for Victory on bow. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 3" x ¾" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Monel and...

ARTIFACT: This is a postal cover for the US Submarine Drum Launched May 12, 194Cachet by Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association. The USS Drum (SS-228) was launched 12 May 1941 by Portsmouth Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Holcomb; and...

ARTIFACT: This is a launch badge from a lost boat, USS Cisco SS-290. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Cisco (SS-290) was launched 24 December 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H.; sponsored by Mrs. A.C. Bennett, through her proxy, Mrs. N...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Bowfin SS-287 submarine celluloid launch button/badge. Bowfin was launched from Portsmouth Navy Yard exactly one year after the Pearl Harbor attacks, December 7, 1942, and had nine successful war patrols. Because of...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Billfish SS-286 launch badge. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Billfish (SS-286) was launched 12 November 1942 by Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Lewis. Parks wife of Lieutenant Commander Parks; and...

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...