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ARTIFACT: This is a fund raising pin from the Polish team in the 1960 Winter Olympics (VIII Olympic Winter Games). The Games that winter were held at Squaw Valley, California. The pin is enameled and shows the torch, reading 1960 POLSKI at the top, as...

ARTIFACT: This is a nicely enameled circa 1930s badge for a ski school (sci scuola) at Abetone, Italy. The badge is Deco in style and shows a red lightning bolt passing by some evergreen trees. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1-7/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950's bullion trainman hat badge for the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ, or Balgarski Darzhavni Zheleznitsi), in operation since 188The central device of the badge is the side view of a railroad car wheel. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified postal-related French belt buckle of unknown vintage. The buckle is a pair of two discs bearing post horns that join in the middle by a two-headed serpent. There is a maker's mark on the reverse of the serpent. C'est un...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal uniform button of unknown vintage. It reads ADMINISTRATION DES POSTES COURRIER (Post Office Mail). VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 1" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Thin stamped...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge of unknown vintage. The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, and engraver who lived in Paris along the Passage of the Salmon. It reads ADMINISTRATION DES POSTES COURRIER (Post Office Mail) and has a nice...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge of unknown vintage. It is a large disc reading DROITS D'ENTRÉE ET SORTIE (rights of entry and exit). C'est un insigne inconnu postal français du millésime inconnu. Il est un grand disque qui lit...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified Belgian postal medal by A. (Auguste) De Wever, a Dutch artist in metal who lived from 1836-1910. The badge reads BRUXELLES KERMESSES (Brussels fairs) on one side and A LA STE L'UNION POSTALE 27 MAI 1397. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified 2nd Empire Period French postal badge for the "Bureaux Ambulants" (Mobile / Wagon / Train Offices). The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, an engraver who lived on the Passage du Saumon (Passage of the Salmon) in Paris. C'est...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge for the Lille Service from the Restoration period. Ceci est un badge d'postal français non identifiés pour le Service de Lille datant de la période de la Restauration. VINTAGE: Circa 1814-1830...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French postal badge for a carrier in a horse-drawn mail coach of the Charente Relay Number The badge is by Monsieur Ameling, an engraver who lived on the "Passage of the Salmon" in Paris. The badge reads...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified French Factor City Post Office badge by Alexis Godillot. Ceci est un badge non identifiés pour l'Administration des Postes Facteur de Ville faite par Alexis Godillot. VINTAGE: Circa 1848-1852(?). SIZE: Approximately...