US Home Front, Trench Art, & Sweetheart Items

ARTIFACT: WWII Era Factory Worker Photo ID badge from Union Twist Drill in Athol, Massachusetts by Whitehead & Hoag. The center of the badge features the workers photo with the numbers: "1036" and surrounding it reads: "UNION TWIST DRILL CO. ATHOL,...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous, early WWII Home Front War Worker enameled ID badge from the Columbus, Ohio General Depot by Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark N.J. The badge is shield shaped, features red, white, and blue enamel, and reads: "COLUMBUS GENERAL...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare "E for Excellence in Production" pin from the National Fireworks Inc. of West Hanover, Massachusetts. The pin is oval and shows two crossed cannons and an anchor and reads E FOR PRODUCTION UNITED STATES NAVY BUREAU OF...

ARTIFACT: Nice WWII Homefront Telephone Operators & Workers sterling silver 'V for Victory' lapel stud. The pin features nicely detailed workers: an operator in the front with two workers at her side centered within a "V". Along the top it...

ARTIFACT: This is a great sterling silver World War II telephone operators/workers "V for Victory" service lapel pin. The pin is by Metal Arts of Rochester, New York. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in height and...

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)...