US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

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...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War I United States Shipping Board Badge. VINTAGE: Circa early WWI. SIZE: 1-3/4" wide by 1-3/4" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Rose Gold plated brass with black painted lettering.. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin...

ARTIFACT: WWII era California State Harbor Commission employee badge. The plated white metal badge shows the State Seal in the center and surrounding it reads: "STATE HARBOR COMMISSION EMPLOYEE 971" in embossed and blackened lettering - the...

ARTIFACT: WWII Era Portland, Oregon Police Veteran's Patrol badge. The large, impressive sized badge has a center that features a five point ball tipped star which reads: "VETERAN'S 1131 PATROL" and is within a circle that reads: "PORTLAND POLICE". The...

ARTIFACT: This is a great WWI Era Maryland Ship Building Company Guard hat badge. The copper badge features a nicely detailed eagle perched at the top of the badge. The center of the badge depicts an embossed, nicely detailed ship sailing with smoke...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II worker badge for the Todd Shipyards Corporation Los Angeles (San Pedro), California yard. Christened Los Angeles Shipbuilding in 1917, the yard continued to operate after World War I until the United States Navy acquired...

ARTIFACT: Cool WWII United States Maritime Service sterling, enamel, and mother of pearl sweetheart charm or pendant. The lovely charm is in the shape of a ship's steering wheel, with a mother of pearl disc showing a center enameled plate that reads:...