WWI Period

ARTIFACT: This is a gorgeous World War I to early 1920's United States Marine Corps USMC Officer service dress hat badge EGA in excellent condition. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height x 1-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: World War I Shipyard Volunteer lapel badge by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, New Jersey. The oval badge shows a sailing ship in nice relief detail showing the letters: "U.S." in the center and surrounding it reads: "SHIPYARD VOLUNTEER". The...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I shipyard volunteer lapel badge, which is oval and shows a merchant ship in relief at its center. It was made by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, New Jersey. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in height...

ARTIFACT: WWI "Church War Cross" given by US Chaplains to Christian doughboys. Bordered with a decorative circle, the cross is in an openwork design and has a smaller encircled cross in each of its quadrants. The front of the cross reads CHRIST DIED FOR...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I War Savings Service celluloid lapel stud. The pin is decorated in red, white and blue and shows the Liberty Bell at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Victory Liberty Loan solicitor badge numbered 444The reverse of the badge reads 5th LIBERTY LOAN APR 1919 VOLUNTEER SERVICE WORLD WAR 1914-1918. VINTAGE: Circa 1919. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in height x 13/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I 4th Liberty Loan service award for Hardware Metals and Allied Trades. The pin is oval with a blue enameled border and a red, white and blue flag at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful World War I United States War Savings Stamps (WSS) sales award pin from the Metropolitan Life Insurance (MLI) Company in 14 karat gold (pin itself is in 10 karat gold). MetLife, as the company is now known, was established...

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: 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"...