WWI Period

ARTIFACT: Great WWI 26th Division Yankee Division Doughboy ring hand-made in nickel with crude enameling. The center bears the division's insignia, an interlocking Y and D for the Massachusetts group's nickname, the "Yankee Division". VINTAGE: Circa WWI...

ARTIFACT: Great WWI 26th Division Yankee Division 104th Infantry Regiment sterling silver ring. The center depicts the letters: "YD" in raised detail and the sides have stylized 104th Infantry regiment insignia: Flaming Torch (flame usually goes to a...

ARTIFACT: Scarce WWI Imperial German Iron Cross 1st Class. Nice vaulted xample with plated brass frame and backing plate and an iron core. The decoration was first created in 1813 by the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm III. The cross is nicely vaulted...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful WWI Aviators ring made from a shirt-size pilot wing by Eisenstadt with LE hallmark. The center of the ring is a US Shield bearing the raised letters "US" and the sides are wings with nicely detailed feather embellishment. The inside...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1919 WWI Occupation Period .900 silver United States 3rd Army German-made souvenir powder compact. The lid features an enameled emblem in black with a red circle showing a letter "A" in the center. Inside, the compact still...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWI Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross) enameled member badge by Johnson in Milano. The center of the shield-shaped badge is a raised, white enamel disc with a red cross and the surrounding is detailed in green enamel. The...

ARTIFACT: This Beautiful Launching Medal is from the launch of the USS California (BB-44), a Tennessee-class battleship constructed by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, based in Vallejo, California. The USS California served as the flagship of the Pacific...

ARTIFACT: Rare sterling WWI Ð 1920's United States Navy Chief Petty Officer (CPO) hat badge by A.E. Co. The hat badge is an anchor and rope with the letter"USN" in the center. The reverse shows a maker's mark that read"STERLING A-E CO." VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This item is great. It's a WWI US Marine Corps Officer Hat Badge for undress. This pin is nicknamed, "The Beast" by collectors and it's made by GEMSCO, a prominent badge maker of the time. This is just a wonderful piece with the intricacies of...

ARTIFACT: This medal is a 1914 German Sanitatshunde Table Medal. The word, Sanitatshunde, translates literally to "Sanitary Dog", but can also mean "Medic Dog." The British refer to them as "Mercy Dogs." The large-scale use of dogs in war times was...

ARTIFACT: These are rare French-made WWI US Army Medical Officer Sanitation Corps Branch of Service insignia. The pins are in the shape of a staff with wings, with two snakes coiling around it from bottom to top. It's a very symmetrical piece with...

ARTIFACT: This is gorgeous circa 1917 United States Air Service Junior Military Aviator or Observer Sweetheart Pin. It has an iconic USAS half wing riveted onto a gilt bronze Signal Corps Insignia, since the Air Service was part of the Signal Corps at...