US Military Veterans Groups

ARTIFACT: Great 1915 1st Cavalry District "Joint Camp" Souvenir Pennant. The blue and yellow wool felt and reads: "JOINT CAMP JULY 25th TO Aug 1ST" with crossed cavalry swords and below: "1915 QUONSETT POINT, R .I." and the body of the pennant reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is an early (circa 1945-1946) United States Army 82nd Airborne Division Association member lapel pin. The Association was formed during World War II in England prior to the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy. The pin is in red and blue...

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 a circa early post-World War I veterans lapel pin for the United States Army 26th "Yankee" Division. The pin is an interlocking Y and D standing for Yankee Division. VINTAGE: Circa early post-World War I. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce 1920s veterans' hat badge for the volunteer Franco-American Brigade. The badge reads BRIGADE DE VOLONTAIRES FRANCO-AMERICAINS DIEU, PATRIE ET LIBERTE (God, Country and Liberty). The pin shows the United States and French flags...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I celluloid pin for the United States Army 56th Regiment Coastal Artillery Corps Veterans' Association in red, white and blue. The regiment was part of the A.E.F. and originated at Long Island Sound, New York...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I volunteer Franco-American Brigade lapel badge. The badge reads BRIGADE DE VOLONTAIRES FRANCO-AMERICAINS DIEU, PATRIE ET LIBERTE (God, Country and Liberty). The pin shows the United States and French flags crossed and the...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful old Civil War member medal of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) in 14 karat gold. The MOLLUS organization formed in 1865 after the assassination of President Lincoln to pledge renewed...

ARTIFACT: This is a parade, convention or election ribbon for Wheelock G. Veazey, a New Hampshire native and active figure in national and state (Vermont) politics. Veazey, who among other things was an attorney, a Vermont senator and a delegate-at-large...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s "Empire Boys State" Convention police badge. Qualifying New York high school students are taught about leadership and government at Empire Boys State (and Empire Girls States) events, and the conventions are...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s tintype of what appears to be a Boston, Massachusetts police officer. The officer is obviously a Civil War veteran from the fact that he is wearing an early 1870s GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) membership medal (please...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s lapel wing for the Air Cadets of America (ACA), a group begun in 1932 by the American Legion. In an era when preparatory civilian pilot training was already implemented abroad, especially in Germany, the ACA aimed to...