US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: Great 1940's, Cold War Era, Civil Defense Badge from Lebanon, Illinois made by S. G. Adams Co. in St. Louis. The badge is round, with a perched eagle on top, the center features a painted red, white, and blue civil defense logo and letters with...

ARTIFACT: Nice Cold War, 1940's – early 1950's Civil Defense Police badge from Wilmington, Delaware. The chrome plated, nickel badge is round, topped with an eagle and reads: "CIVIL DEFENSE POLICE WILMINGTON, DEL." in stamped, painted detail...

ARTIFACT: Great Cold War Era Civil Defense Staff celluloid arm badge for New York. The white celluloid badge shows a blue circle with a white triangle in the center bearing the letters: "CD" and above reads: "STAFF" and below:...

ARTIFACT: Great Cold War Era Civil Defense Air Warden celluloid arm badge for New York. The white celluloid badge shows a blue circle with a white triangle in the center bearing the letters: "CD" and above reads: "AIR WARDEN" and...

ARTIFACT: Great Cold War Era Civil Defense Auxiliary Police celluloid arm badge for New York. The white celluloid badge shows a blue circle with a white triangle in the center bearing the letters: "CD" and above reads: "AUXILIARY...

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...