US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Beautiful and scarce, early WWII "National Defense" Discharge Lapel Pin (Ruptured Duck) for discharged personnel who had been on active service prior to December 7th, 194Rare by B.B. & B Bronze, gold plated. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Great, classic WWII Women's Recruiting Poster, showing Army, WAC, Navy Wave, Woman Marine, and USCG Spar. Great manageable size! Two small areas of foxing on edge could easily be bleached out, or matted over. Poster read"For Your Country's...

ARTIFACT: This is a WWI era US Naval Academy "Yard" Police badge from Annapolis. VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: About 2-5/16" in width by 3" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a "drop-in" locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese-made full-size risque' novelty lighter by TOKYO from the Korean War era. The front of the lighter reads KOREA on top and YOU AND YOUR DAMN MIDNIGHT SNACKS! at bottom, and shows a discontented bare-breasted woman in bed...

ARTIFACT: This is a dinner platter from the dining quarters of the United States Public Health Service. Originally established for the treatment of ailing mariners, the Public Service was originally a network of marine hospitals that became known as the...

ARTIFACT: Nice Korean War Era United States Navy Officer cap badge for service with the US Marine Corps. The handsome badge depicts an eagle perched, wings spread atop a stars and bars shield in nice detail and showing thirteen stars, behind the shield...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWI United States Navy and United States Marine Corps 10K gold lapel pin by Bessinger & Dietz in Newark, New Jersey. The pin reads: "1917 U. S. 1918" with side-by-side symbols for the Navy and Marine Corps. This is the only pin like...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Navy M-422A flight jacket with a rare sewn-on United States Marine Corps name tag. John W Longpre became a 2nd Lt. in 194At the end of WWII he was a 1st Lt. serving with VMTB-13He made Captain in 1951, so...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1969 date-coded Zippo lighter for the United States Navy oiler ship USS Neches (AO-47). The Neches was launched October 11, 1941 and served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. She sailed to South Vietnam in 1968-1969 as part of WESTPAC...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and rare ELCO PT Boats war worker enameled lapel pin. The pin reads ELCO NATIONAL DEFENSE WORKER and shows a Mosquito riding a Torpedo over the waves at center along with a V. The Morse Code for V is at the top of the pin...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWII United States Navy Trench Art Shell for USS Core (CVE Ð 13). The USS Core was part of a scourge of U-Boats in the Atlantic that participated in 'hunter-killer' patrols covering moving convoys and was part of Operation Teardrop,...

ARTIFACT: World War II Gold Star Mother's Lapel Pin, for mothers who lost children in the war. Initials of soldier killed in action on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 9/16" round. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated and enameled brass...