US Home Front

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early World War II volunteer badge for the New York Region Anti-Aircraft Artillery Corps (AAAC) Aircraft Artillery Corps Intelligence Service (AAAIS). These volunteers operated early radars. The badge is nicely enameled in red...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts National Guard Enlisted Man collar disk set by Amcraft Metal. One disc features a raised collar prop and the other reads: US MASS 101" in raised lettering. During the early 1930's...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Housing Corporation (USHC) lapel pin. The pin shows an eagle at center with a blue enameled border reading WAR SERVICE USHC.The USHC was a federal agency that existed during World War I. It was part of...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Manhattan Project service certificate named to C. L. Theohar of Tennessee Eastman Corporation. "Manhattan Project" was the codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,...

ARTIFACT: Rare WWII anti-Hitler figural heel-shaped ashtray that reads: "JAM YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS ON THIS HEEL" and depicts an open-mouthed caricature of Hitler at the center. The ashtray was made of Wartime Shortage material: cast aluminum - tar and...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty Spanish-American War era patriotic clay pipe in the form of Uncle Sam's head. The pipe has not been used. The pipe is entirely white save for a red and blue stripe around Uncle Sam's hat and black paint to denote his eyeballs...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Camp Fire Girls "victory garden" shoulder patch. Founded in 1910 in New England, the Camp Fire Girls were the original sister organization to the Boy Scout of America. The shield-shaped patch is still attached to a blue...