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ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Billfish SS-286 launch badge. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Billfish (SS-286) was launched 12 November 1942 by Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Lewis. Parks wife of Lieutenant Commander Parks; and...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930's - WWII Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Power Plant Foreman badge by Braxmar Co., in New York. The convex center depicts a spread winged eagle bearing the US Shield on its chest and clutching an anchor in its talons in nice relief detail...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Portsmouth Navy Yard Administrative Submarine worker photo ID badge. Photograph shows employee with silhouetted submarines in background, number 124. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: 1 ¾"round CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel,...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's Portsmouth Navy Yard auto license plate or plate topper. The plate is red, painted steel and reads: "NAVY YARD 318 PORTSMOUTH" in raised lettering in white painted detail. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 7-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Submarine Coloring Book. The very large format book was published in 1944 by Merrill and illustrated by Fredric C. Madan. Two of the pages have been tastefully colored with a small color test spot on a third page. Great graphic...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful framed World War II promotional PT (patrol torpedo) boat print from the Electric Boat Company (Elco). Begun in 1892, Elco manufactured several types of boats, including yachts, power boats and boats for the United States...

ARTIFACT: This is a plaque and set of insignia from the "Manhattan Project", codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, along with Britain and Canada, to produce the first atomic bomb. The grouping includes a plaque...

ARTIFACT: Great, comical WWII United States Army souvenir pillowcase. The center of the silk pillowcase shows a grizzly bear standing on the surface of a globe and is hurling bombs and artillery by hand upon a section of the globe that shows Japan and...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's – WWII United States Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Camp) at Harvard University shoulder patch. The red wool felt patch is embroidered with the University's motto: "VE", "RI", "TAS", Veritas or Truth. When Harvard's ROTC unit...

ARTIFACT: Very cool and unusual WWII M-3 United States Army Tank celluloid oval shaped badge made like a workers ID badge. The photo shows two gentleman, one a soldier and the other possibly a business man or manufacturer standing with the M-3…the...

ARTIFACT: This is a large World War I celluloid "Welcome Home" pin for the United States Army 28th Infantry Division (aka "Keystone Division"), part of the Pennsylvania National Guard. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is an unusual World War I celluloid pin for the Radnor (Pennsylvania) Battalion Soldiers of the Commissionary. The pin has a paper Philadelphia manufacturer label on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1" in diameter...