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ARTIFACT: This is a rare service pin in bronze for the Manhattan Project, the code name for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, along with Britain and Canada, to produce the first atomic bomb. The pin reads A BOMB and shows...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II Women's Army Corps (WAC) postcard with a comical illustration of a WAC covering her ears as cannons are fired. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 5-9/16" in width by 3-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II Women's Army Corps (WAC) Anti-Hitler postcard with a comical illustration of a WAC hitting "Hitler" over the head with a rolling pin. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 5-9/16" in width by 3-1/2" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool World War I "US Baby Tank" toy. The toy was patented in June 1916 and has instructions on how to operate it painted underneath. It has a tin body with pair of wooden guns and a wooden roller beneath (toy no longer winds up)...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s celluloid pin showing a bright orange peace symbol against a black background. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid-wrapped tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Albany, New York Defense Corps Badge. The badge shows the seal of the City of Albany with an eagle at top and reads DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ALBANY 171 DEFENSE CORPS. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately:...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Westinghouse Electric police badge. The badge would have been worn at Los Alamos during Westinghouse's involvement with the Manhattan Project, codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,...

ARTIFACT: WWII Boston, Massachusetts Air Raid Warden badge. The shield shaped badge reads: "WARDEN AIR RAID POLICE DEPT. CITY OF BOSTON" and is numbered "3428" in the center. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 2 1/8" x 1 " CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Boston Police Special Patrolman badge #6486. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 1-1/8" in width by 2-11/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted accents. ATTACHMENT: Vertical one...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II City of Boston Police Department Air Raid Warden badge #2407. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated nickel with painted accents...

ARTIFACT: This is a Fred Astaire Gold Cane Club lapel pin in gold, enamel and silver. The pin reads FRED ASTAIRE GOLD CANE CLUB and shows a man and a woman swinging about the dance floor. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1940s. SIZE: 3/4" height and 7/8" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty World War I United States Shipping Board-Emergency Fleet Corporation / American International Shipbuilding Corporation war worker badge from the Hog Island (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Shipyard. The badge is by Philadelphia...