Between the World Wars

ARTIFACT: Beautiful salty 1930's United States Navy Pilot Wing in rolled gold by AMCRAFT of Attleboro, Massachusetts. The center of the wings display the US Shield atop an anchor and has the company's snowflake design on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1941 United States Navy Observer and unofficial Enlisted Pilot Wing. Between January 1927 and October 1929 a new design for Naval Aviation Observer (NAO) was approved which was the same design as for Naval Aviator Pilot...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint and beautifully detailed 1930s United States Navy pilot wing in gold bullion. The wing is uncut and has never been worn. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 2" in height and 4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Wool...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare jacket patch for the United States Navy Composite Aircraft Squadron 10 (VC-10), which was established September 23 1943 and disbanded October 25, 194This is the second design patch, which appeared January 30, 1945, showing a...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful Pre-WWII USN USS Saratoga Photo Album, Good Conduct Medal, and Discharge of AVG Crew Chief John Overley (2nd Sq)This is a wonderful pre-WWII time capsule photo album of one of the great Aircraft Carriers of WWII: the USS Saratoga...

ARTIFACT: This is a small grouping of 1925 United States Naval Academy at Annapolis graduate and eventual Captain, Frederick Frank Sima. Sima's early service was with the Atlantic Fleet in the Far East aboard the USS Pittsburgh, among other ships, and...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, large bronze and wood 1922 United States Naval Academy Annapolis class plaque by Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Co., Philadelphia. The large bronze center shows an eagle with wings spread perched atop an anchor with a trident rising...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s "leadingman" worker identification badge for the Boston Naval Shipyard. One of the oldest naval shipyards, the Boston yard was in commission from 1801 until 197The badge is numbered X38 16 on an affixed oval plate...

ARTIFACT: This is a US Naval Academy Class of 1922 Presentation Plaque for Lieutenant William Cyprian Cross. VINTAGE: Circa 1922. SIZE: About 3-1/2 in width by 2-3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass. ATTACHMENT: Hole at each corner for...

ARTIFACT: Great 1930's USS Plunger, SS-179 submarine model from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The base of the model reads: "U.S.S. PLUNGER N.Y. PORTSMOUTH, N.H.". The Plunger was launched in 1936 and saw twenty years of service with the Navy...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1939 submarine model of the USS Squalus Salvage Unit from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The base of the model reads: "SQUALUS SALVAGE UNIT MAY 23, 1939 - SEPT. 15, 1939". The Squalus was launched from Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on September...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II submarine launch badge for the lost boat USS Triton SS-20Triton was launched on March 25, 1940 from the Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard. During her sixth and final war patrol, Triton was presumably ganged up on by three...