US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is an unusual World War I celluloid pin for the Radnor (Pennsylvania) Battalion Soldiers of the Commissionary. The pin has a paper Philadelphia manufacturer label on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early World War II volunteer badge for the New York Region Anti-Aircraft Artillery Corps (AAAC) Aircraft Artillery Corps Intelligence Service (AAAIS). These volunteers operated early radars. The badge is nicely enameled in red...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1943 distinctive insignia for the Massachusetts State Guard Women's Defense Corps. The DI is nicely enameled in red white and blue and reads PARATUS AT FIDELIS (ready and loyal). VINTAGE: Circa World War II (circa 1943)...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts National Guard Enlisted Man collar disk set by Amcraft Metal. One disc features a raised collar prop and the other reads: US MASS 101" in raised lettering. During the early 1930's...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Housing Corporation (USHC) lapel pin. The pin shows an eagle at center with a blue enameled border reading WAR SERVICE USHC.The USHC was a federal agency that existed during World War I. It was part of...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Army 26th Division stick pin, which bears an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the "Yankee Division". VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in height and 3/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Manhattan Project service certificate named to C. L. Theohar of Tennessee Eastman Corporation. "Manhattan Project" was the codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,...

ARTIFACT: Rare WWII anti-Hitler figural heel-shaped ashtray that reads: "JAM YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS ON THIS HEEL" and depicts an open-mouthed caricature of Hitler at the center. The ashtray was made of Wartime Shortage material: cast aluminum - tar and...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty Spanish-American War era patriotic clay pipe in the form of Uncle Sam's head. The pipe has not been used. The pipe is entirely white save for a red and blue stripe around Uncle Sam's hat and black paint to denote his eyeballs...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Camp Fire Girls "victory garden" shoulder patch. Founded in 1910 in New England, the Camp Fire Girls were the original sister organization to the Boy Scout of America. The shield-shaped patch is still attached to a blue...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or World War II employee photo identification badge for the New York, New Haven & Hartford (N.Y., N.H. & H.) Railroad. The N.Y., N.H. & H operated from 1872 until 196The badge was issued to a worker at the company's...

ARTIFACT: This is a striking 1944 United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve, or SPARS, recruiting poster. The poster tells the reader to MAKE A DATE WITH UNCLE SAM, who looks very optimistic about his chances with the lovely female enlistee on his arm...