US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: 1940's Hartford Special Machinery Co. 5 year service pin in sterling silver. The round pin features a center that depicts the company's letter logo: "HSM" and surrounding is a blue enameled ring that reads: "THE HARTFORD SPECIAL...

ARTIFACT: Mid-late 1920's AETNA Steel Products Corporation worker ID badge from Chicago, Illinois. The badge, made by Whitehead & Hoag Co. in New Jersey is oval shaped and reads: "AETNA STEEL PROD. CORP" and shows the number "31" in...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful and rare WWI Era worker photo ID badge for E.A. Laboratories in Brooklyn, New York. Emanuel Aufiero, born in 1882 traveled to America from Italy in the early 1900's. He invented the first motor driven car horn with his brother at E. A...

ARTIFACT: This is a worker badge for Vermont Machine Company that dates to the 1930s or World War II era. Vermont Machine Company of Bellows Falls, Vermont, got its start in 1868 under the name Hartford Sorghum Machine Company, and changed to its newer...

ARTIFACT: This is a worker badge for Vermont Machine Company that dates to the 1930s or World War II era. Vermont Machine Company of Bellows Falls, Vermont, got its start in 1868 under the name Hartford Sorghum Machine Company, and changed to its newer...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II nurse cadet hat badge by Blackinton in sterling silver. This badge was worn by the Nurse Cadet Corps of the US Public Health Service during World War II. It is maker-marked on reverse and has a different...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1943 WWII American Red Cross General Enrollment lapel badge in wartime shortage materials. The center features a white disc embroidered on silk bearing the iconic Red Cross and surrounding embroidery reads: "AMERICAN RED CROSS...

ARTIFACT: Rare WWII American Red Cross Victory Squad badge. The center of the enameled, gilt brass badge shows a red "V" for victory with an American and Red Cross flag crossed beneath, both in nice enamel colors and detail. Along the top there is a blue...

ARTIFACT: Nice WWI American Red Cross Service Medal, Award Document & Membership Card issued to Katherine McCloskey of Pennsylvania. The award was given "in recognition of service faithfully performed in behalf of the nation and her men at arms" -...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1942 American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Gypsy Tour Award "V" for Victory buckle from the only wartime Gypsy Tour. The center of the buckle shows a large, enamel "V" in blue detail. At the top, inside the...

ARTIFACT: This is a heavy United States Marine Corps identification bracelet engraved to named to Richard Lewis Penney, USMC. The bracelet is in sterling silver. It was engraved on reverse by Penney's sweetheart, Mary Lou, and dated the last day of the...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, but unidentified 10K gold aviation lapel pin 1950's or later made by Balfour. The pin is a red, white, and blue target with the silhouette of plane flying through the center and is maker marked on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...