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ARTIFACT: Great Cold War, early 1950's Oakland, California Civil Defense badge. This example, is shield shaped, topped with an eagle and reads "AUXILIARY VOLUNTEER POLICE OAKLAND, CALIF." and is numbered "1516" and bears a round, raised disc with an...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I machine gun munitions worker badge. The badge has a bar at top that reads WAR WORKER, and the medallion reads MACHINE GUNS and shows a man at a forge and an eagle. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 1-11/16" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Manhattan Project sterling lapel pin by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a "drop-in" locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa World War I war worker badge made by Gorham for the Rome-Turney Radiator Company of Rome, New York. The badge is numbered on reverse and comes with its original box. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Badge:...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War I silver level worker badge for the United States Government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Production of nitrate began within a few weeks of the end of World War I. There were three levels for this...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered World War I United States aircraft factory worker badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The pin reads AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL SERVICE US ARMY NAVY and shows a propeller at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and rare ELCO PT Boats war worker enameled lapel pin. The pin reads ELCO NATIONAL DEFENSE WORKER and shows a Mosquito riding a Torpedo over the waves at center along with a V. The Morse Code for V is at the top of the pin...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWII United States Navy Trench Art Shell for USS Core (CVE Ð 13). The USS Core was part of a scourge of U-Boats in the Atlantic that participated in 'hunter-killer' patrols covering moving convoys and was part of Operation Teardrop,...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully enameled World War II Allies "son-in-service" bracelet. The central red and white panel bears one blue star for a fallen soldier and the other panels are the flags of the Soviet Union, The United States, Great Britain and...

ARTIFACT: Great early WWII United States Army Bugler sweetheart pin in silver plated brass by Robbins Co. in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The pin is done in nice relief detail and is in the shape of a standing soldier playing his bugle. The reverse shows a...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous, late 1943 United States Military Aircraft marking sweetheart pin in heavily enameled sterling silver by AMICO. The pin shows a white star in the center of a blue circle flanked on both sides with a white bar, the entire pin is...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully enameled World War II Allies "son-in-service" bracelet. The central red and white panel bears one blue star for a fallen soldier and the other panels are the flags of the Soviet Union, The United States, Great Britain and...