US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: WWI "Church War Cross" given by US Chaplains to Christian doughboys. Bordered with a decorative circle, the cross is in an openwork design and has a smaller encircled cross in each of its quadrants. The front of the cross reads CHRIST DIED FOR...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Navy "E" for excellence in production pin for Textile Machine Works. The pin is enameled in red, white and blue and shows two crossed cannon and an anchor at center.  VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWII Home Front Portsmouth Naval Shipyard War Worker submarine paperweight in Monel. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 5-5/8" x 1-1/2" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Monel MARKINGS: None. ITEM NOTES: This is from a USN Home Front...

ARTIFACT: This is an "E" award pin for Goss Manufacturing Company. The pin is oval and reads E FOR PRODUCTION UNITED STATES NAVY BUREAU OF ORDNANCE GOSS and shows an anchor and two crossed cannon. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-1/16" in height x...

ARTIFACT: This is an "E" award pin from the United States Navy for the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus Ohio. The pin was made by the Auld Company, also of Columbus Ohio. On front the pin reads:E FOR PRODUCTION and shows an Eagle on an...

ARTIFACT: Large WWII Photo ID badge from United States Naval Air Station in Clinton, Oklahoma. In 1942, the area was known as Burns Flat before it was purchased by the government and renamed Naval Air Station Clinton with the mission of training naval...

ARTIFACT: This is an "E" award pin for Vickers Incorporated, and it reads VICKERS INCORPORATED DETROIT, MICH. FOR PRODUCTION. The pin shows a plane and a ship and the Army-Navy flag flying at center with a wreathed E. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare "E for Excellence in Production" pin from the National Fireworks Inc. of West Hanover, Massachusetts. The pin is oval and shows two crossed cannons and an anchor and reads E FOR PRODUCTION UNITED STATES NAVY BUREAU OF...

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: 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: Great WWII Seabee-made Trench Art novelty erotic souvenir of Okinawa 1945, made from repurposed aircraft aluminum. The outside is in the shape of a shell and reads: "OKINAWA" on one side and: "1945" on the other. The shell...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II United States Navy sweetheart bracelet in sterling silver. It bears a small gilt sterling chief petty officer (CPO) emblem. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height and 6-7/8" in length...