US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: WWII Civilian Worker ID Beadge for Camp White, Jackson City, Oregon. Camp White was a WWII training and German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. Many of the troops trained at Camp White participated in the Oregon Maneuver combat exercise in the fall...

ARTIFACT: This is an "E" award pin for Vickers Incorporated, and it reads VICKERS INCORPORATED DETROIT, MICH. FOR PRODUCTION. The pin shows a plane and a ship and the Army-Navy flag flying at center with a wreathed E. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: WWII Aircraft Worker sterling lapel pin from Hartford Special Machine Co. The silver colored enamel center of the lapel pin features the image of an aircraft in black and above it reads: "WORLD WAR II", the outer edge is a blue enamel...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWII War Worker patch for Fisher Body, builders of tanks, aircraft parts, and all kinds of artillery. Fisher Body was a lesser known division of General Motors with a plant in Lansing, Michigan. During WWII, however, it was a massive...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous, large, and heavy (over 5.25 ounces) WWI Service Medal presented to American Car & Foundry Co. members of management, produced by Gorham Manufacturing Co. The center shows an image of a foundry worker with his sledgehammer raised...

ARTIFACT: WWII Era American Car & Foundry Company worker ID badge from the Milton, Pennsylvania plant. The square badge reads: "A. C. F." across the top and shows number "9709" in the center, below reads: "MILTON". The A. C. F. had a huge part in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II worker identification badge numbered 17111 for the New England Shipbuilding Corporation of South Portland, Maine. This sleepy little Maine community underwent a sea change with the advent of World War II: two shipyards...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II worker identification badge for the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine. The sleepy little community of South Portland underwent a sea change with the advent of World War II: two...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWII 'V for Victory' Homefront production pin with a great logo of an unknown company in sterling. The logo is a blue enameled circle showing a red letter "H" with an arrow through the center and along the top reads: "PRODUCTION" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Convair (Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft) at San Diego roving worker badge pass to gain access to all area shops. Consolidated was formed in 1923 and soon gained fame for its production of flying boats (seaplanes). In 1943...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique World War II aircraft company worker badge by Whitehead and Hoag of Newark, New Jersey. The badge certifies that the wearer is a Grade A acetylene welder, and is stamped with the "Army-Navy" government inspector's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II employee photo identification badge for Fitzimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Fitzsimmons had first existed during World War I, but was reconstructed as an Army medical facility under the Works Project...