US Home Front

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: WWII era Colgate - Palmolive - Peet Co. worker photo identification badge. The steel, rectangular badge features a black and white period photo in the center that reads: "S. V. HAGEST" along the bottom and on the left, height marks show him...

ARTIFACT: Very cool WWII United States Submarine plaque from Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Homefront piece made by a War Worker building subs, made using material that would be used on subs, Bakelite-type brown/black plastic,...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930's General Electric Photo ID Woman Worker Badge from Schenectady Plant. The round copper badge features the photo of a woman worker, framed with blue cardstock and surrounded by a brown disc that reads: "GENERAL ELECTRIC...

ARTIFACT: Circa WWI Atlantic Steel Castings Co. worker badge 'Miscellaneous F' from Chester, PA where the company supported our shipbuilding efforts by making and supplying necessary parts. VINTAGE: Circa WWI SIZE: 2" round. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Circa WWI Atlantic Steel Castings Co. worker badge #512 from Chester, PA where the company supported our shipbuilding efforts by making and supplying necessary parts. VINTAGE: Circa WWI SIZE: 2" round. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Steel,...

ARTIFACT: WWI Home Front War Service Ship Building #'d War Worker badge in excellent condition. The center shows a nicely detailed ship sailing the waters, above a US Shield and surrounding it reads: "WAR SERVICE SHIP BUILDING" in embossed...

ARTIFACT: Great WWI Home Front Ship Building service workers lapel pin in bronze on original card. At its peak, Hog Island employed some 30,000 workers and launched a vessel every 5.5 days. Its workers built 122 ships in four years, and although none saw...

ARTIFACT: Nice WWI Baltimore Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. employee badge. The shield shaped, nickeled brass worker's badge reads: "B.D.D. & S.B.Co." along the top and "EMPLOYEE" at the bottom in embossed letters. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I Ship Builders War Service celluloid badge. The badge is red, white and blue with a logo showing an interlocked anchor and capital R and reads 289 GEO. F. RODGERS & CO. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I homefront machine gun munitions worker badge in bronze by Gorham Company. The badge has a bar at top that reads WAR WORKER, and the medallion shows a man at a forge alongside an eagle. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...