US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s celluloid pin showing a bright pink peace symbol against a purple background. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid-wrapped tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960's celluloid patriotic pin showing part of the American flag. VINTAGE: Circa 1960's. SIZE: Approximately 1-7/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid-wrapped tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: WWII United States Coast Guard Port of New York photo identification issued to a United States Customs Clerk. The card shows a black and white photograph and reads: "IDENTIFICATION ONLY – NOT A PASS ISSUED BY CAPTAIN OF PORT NEW YORK...

ARTIFACT: 1920's - 1930's United States Customs uniform button cover. The button displays a shield with a square cutout featuring the Great Seal of the United States in raised detail, the US Shield shows thirteen stars along the top. The edges of the...

ARTIFACT: 1920's - 1930's United States Customs uniform button cover. The button displays a shield with a square cutout featuring the Great Seal of the United States in raised detail, the US Shield shows thirteen stars along the top. The edges of the...

ARTIFACT: Early WWII era San Francisco, California Special Police badge from Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation (Bethlehem Steel Company). The large, convex six point star shaped badge shows the number: "95" in the center and surrounding it reads: "SAN...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I Utica, New York Home Defense League Special Officer Badge. The badge is a red, white and blue striped enameled shield and reads SPECIAL OFFICER CITY OF UTICA H.D.L.Home Defense Leagues, and similarly named...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II brig (or prison) worker badge for the United States Navy Receiving Station at Boston, Massachusetts. It is in celluloid and is numbered 24. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Army Rock Island Arsenal police badge. Now a national historic landmark, Rock Island Arsenal on the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois is America's largest government-owned manufacturer of weaponry...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice World War II era Worcester, Massachusetts Special Police badge. Located in very nearly the geographical center of the Massachusetts, Worcester was incorporated in 172The badge is shield-shaped with the Worcester City seal at...

ARTIFACT: Very nice, WWII Boston, Massachusetts Air Raid Warden badge with extremely low number. The plated badge reads: "WARDEN AIR RAID" along the top and shows the number "24" in the center. The bottom reads: "POLICE DEPT...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s War Finance Corporation (WFC) US Treasury Department sterling silver lapel pin. THE WFC was set up to help fund the WWI war effort but went on to assist private businesses and fuel national infrastructure into 193The...