US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II war worker car tag (license plate) for a United States Navy expeditor in vital war materials from the Polaroid Corporation. X-ray film would have been one of the materials collected. Polaroid was a comparatively fledgling...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II war worker car tag (license plate) for a United States Navy expeditor in vital war materials from the Polaroid Corporation. X-ray film would have been one of the materials collected. Polaroid was a comparatively fledgling...

ARTIFACT: Cool WWII Homefront United States Army Ordnance Worker patriotic celluloid pin by Bastian Bros. Co. in Rochester, New York. The center features a bomb in the center and reads: "U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE" in red detail and surrounding it...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's – WWII Ex-Marine Guards shoulder patch. This example, embroidered on twill with green thread and border reads: "EX-MARINE GUARD". Ex-Marine Guards was a civil security company that hired only men who had served as Marines...

ARTIFACT: This is a PT Boat "E" for Excellence in Production Pin for employees of Harbor Boat Company of Terminal Island California in gilt sterling. The pin reads HARBOR BOAT BUILDING CO. TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIF. FOR PRODUCTION. The pin shows a PT Boat...

ARTIFACT: Very cool WWII Colt Firearms War Worker ring made of Model or stainless steel at the factory and stamped with the company logo. The military production of Colt firearms ranked 99th in value among other corporations with government contracts...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa World War II Exhaust Shop maintenance worker badge for ELCO (Electric Boat Company) of Bayonne, New Jersey. Begun in 1892, ELCO manufactured several types of boats, including yachts, power boats and PT (patrol torpedo)...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Cannon Electric Association (CEA) "V for Victory" homefront pin. The pin reads V FOR VICTORY CEA CANNON FOR SUPPORT, and shows a V at center and also a cannon which says DO IT ELECTRICALLY. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: WWII era Colgate - Palmolive - Peet Co. worker photo identification badge. The steel, rectangular badge features a black and white period photo in the center that reads: "S. V. HAGEST" along the bottom and on the left, height marks show him...

ARTIFACT: Very cool WWII United States Submarine plaque from Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Homefront piece made by a War Worker building subs, made using material that would be used on subs, Bakelite-type brown/black plastic,...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930's General Electric Photo ID Woman Worker Badge from Schenectady Plant. The round copper badge features the photo of a woman worker, framed with blue cardstock and surrounded by a brown disc that reads: "GENERAL ELECTRIC...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I worker identification badge for Carbide Tool Company of Chicago, Illinois. The badge is numbered 482 and was made by Greenduck Company. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in diameter...