US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a rare desk plaque for the United States Navy 90th Naval Construction Battalion, or "Seabees". Activated July 25, 1943, the 90th served in the Pacific Theatre. The plaque is in heavy relief and was made at Iwo Jima in cast aluminum. It...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare island-made desk plaque for the United States Navy 90th Naval Construction Battalion, or "Seabees". Activated July 25, 1943, the 90th served in the Pacific Theatre. The island-shaped plaque is in heavy relief and was made at Iwo...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early World War II shipboard-made United States Navy dog tag T-dated September 194It was made for Walter Max Gulke, coxswain of the battleship USS North Carolina BB-5With fifteen WWII battle stars, the USS North Carolina has the...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1944 United States Navy 17th Seabees hand-painted wooden plaque from the Marianas Islands. In hand-painted detail, it depicts the Seabee emblem of the "Fighting Bee" inside a red circle surrounded by rope with crossed anchors behind...

ARTIFACT: This miniature life preserver is a souvenir from the launching of USS Scorpion from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 194The USS Scorpion served in on the coast of Japan during World War II and was lost in the Yellow Sea in 1944. VINTAGE: Ca...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice World War II United States Navy Reserve lot attributed to Ben W. Garner that includes a gold-filled pilot wing by Balfour. Other items are two shoulder boards, a name strip for B. W. GARNER USNR, a souvenir stub from the...

ARTIFACT: This is a really dynamic bronze ashtray for United States Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3At center is a mythical-looking scene in relief of a boat with human arms, a scowl and bat wings ready to hurl some missiles. The ashtray is slightly...

ARTIFACT: This is a late World War II United States Navy sterling silver bracelet from the carrier USS Leyte CV-3She was named after the largest naval battle ever: the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 194A likeness of the ship is in relief on the front of the...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWII United States Navy pilot ID bracelet. The bracelet is that of Stuart Tucker McAlister who was born in 1908 in Kansas. McAlister graduated from the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi in March of 194The bracelet features a raised USN...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1945 souvenir scarf from the China-Burma-India theatre reading HONG KONG 194The silk scarf is embroidered with a fantastic orange and gold dragon at one end and four chop marks at the opposite end. The longer edges are finished...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II two-sided wooden sign reading "Pier Operations". It is painted in black and off-white with stencil-style lettering, and was either a homefront sign or used by the United States Navy or Merchant Marine. The front...

ARTIFACT: This is a decal-on-wood plaque for the United States Navy Patrol Torpedo Squadron 24 (MTB RON 24). The unit saw action in the Philippines and New Guinea, and the plaque shows an eagle riding a torpedo. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...