US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: Cold War, late 1940's - early 1950's Sonoma County, California Civil Defense Auxiliary Police badge from Petaluma. The ball-tipped star shaped badge reads: "SONOMA COUNTY C. D. AUX. POLICE PETALUMA" and is numbered "59". VINTAGE: Circa late...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s Civil Defense Auxiliary Police from Nashua, New Hampshire. It is embroidered on blue twill. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Twill embroidered in cotton/polyester...

ARTIFACT: WWII Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania women's volunteer organization badge: Memorial Gold Cross First Aid and Ambulance Corps which saw upwards of 2,000 members during the war. The round red, white, and blue enameled badge reads: "MEMORIAL GOLD...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1941 "Protection Against Gas" booklet from the Office of Civilian Defense. It is named to Corporal Nettie Bunker of the Massachusetts Women's Defense Corps (MWDC), a wartime volunteer organization providing emergency...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II "For Service" lapel badge for the Russian War Relief (RWR). A controversial group in the eyes of the FBI, the group had Fred Myers as their Executive Director, future founder of the Humane Society of the United...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II donation badge for Russian War Relief. A controversial group in the eyes of the FBI, the group had Fred Myers as their Executive Director, future founder of the Humane Society of the United States. The badge is a...

ARTIFACT: World War I Shipyard Volunteer lapel badge by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, New Jersey. The oval badge shows a sailing ship in nice relief detail showing the letters: "U.S." in the center and surrounding it reads: "SHIPYARD VOLUNTEER". The...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Civil Defense First Aid Specialist patch. The patch is in embroidered blue twill showing a red cross within a white triangle and has snap fasteners on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 3" in...

ARTIFACT: This is an October 1942 copy of "Panama in Your Pocket: What to Do-Where to Go While on the Isthmus". It was published by the Publicity Committee of the U.S.W.O. in cooperation with the United Service Organizations (USO) of the Canal Zone...

ARTIFACT: WWII United Service Organization (U.S.O.) Club Colorado Springs Key and Fob. The brass fob reads: "U.S.O. 8 COLO. SPRINGS" and the key reads: "LOCK & PRODUCT CO. INC. INTERNATIONAL DETROIT, U.S.A." VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II homefront V for victory celluloid pin. It is for "Fight for Freedom Inc." of Boston, Massachusetts. The reverse reads SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TO 15 STATE ST. BOSTON. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II "E" for Excellence award pamphlet from Hyde Windlass Company in Bath, Maine. The award comes with its original envelope and a facsimile Western Union telegram informing the recipient their company's production...