Militaria: Era or Period of Conflict

ARTIFACT: This is a circa employee badge for the Hercules Powder Company of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Hercules was formed in 1912 by a man with a mythically fitting name: T.W. Bacchus. The badge is oval and is numbered 652 with a New Orleans,...

ARTIFACT: This is a WWII Union Tank Car Company Employee Badge #288. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 2-1/4" in width by 1-3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel with black painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal one-piece safety type pin...

ARTIFACT: WWII Era Factory Worker Photo ID badge from Union Twist Drill in Athol, Massachusetts by Whitehead & Hoag. The center of the badge features the workers photo with the numbers: "1036" and surrounding it reads: "UNION TWIST DRILL CO. ATHOL,...

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: This is a PT Boat "E" for Excellence in Production Pin for employees of Harbor Boat Company of Terminal Island California in gilt sterling. The pin reads HARBOR BOAT BUILDING CO. TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIF. FOR PRODUCTION. The pin shows a PT Boat...

ARTIFACT: Very cool WWII Colt Firearms War Worker ring made of Model or stainless steel at the factory and stamped with the company logo. The military production of Colt firearms ranked 99th in value among other corporations with government contracts...

ARTIFACT: WWII era Colgate - Palmolive - Peet Co. worker photo identification badge. The steel, rectangular badge features a black and white period photo in the center that reads: "S. V. HAGEST" along the bottom and on the left, height marks show him...

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: This is a great World War I Ship Builders War Service celluloid badge. The badge is red, white and blue with a logo showing an interlocked anchor and capital R and reads 289 GEO. F. RODGERS & CO. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered World War I Connecticut State Council of Defense agricultural volunteer badge. The badge is oval and shows the Connecticut state seal at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and 2-9/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War I bronze level worker badge for the United States Government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Production of nitrate began within a few weeks of the end of World War I. There were three levels for this...