WWII Period

ARTIFACT: This is an Italian G.I.L. Fascist Youth Organization Mussolini merit badge. G.I.L. was short for Gioventu Italiana Del Littorio (Italian Youth of the Lictors). The group began in 1926 as...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Free-French Paratrooper wing. VINTAGE: Circa 1944. SIZE: About 4-1/16" in width by 1-9/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on...

ARTIFACT: This is a grouping originally belonging to Pilot and Flight Leader Herbert R. Cavanah, an American Volunteer Group (AVG or Flying Tigers) member. The grouping includes one Extremely Rare &...

ARTIFACT: BETTER PICTURES ON THE WAY!This is a rare, early to mid - 1950s USN wings and photo grouping of American Volunteer Group (AVG / Flying Tigers) 2nd Squadron Flight leader, Commander Charles...

ARTIFACT: Flying Tigers 1st Squadron, the "Adam & Eves" Squadron Leader and eventual Squadron Commander Robert Hawthorne "Bob" Neale's AVG period Chinese wing, bullion cap badge (both non-textbook,...

ARTIFACT: This is a Model 1937 US Marine Corps Officer's Dress Collar Insignia. VINTAGE: Circa 1937. SIZE: About 1-3/16" in width by 1-3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling and 1/20...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Polaris Flight Academy pilot training service collar insignia. Polaris Flight Academy set up shop in 1941 at War Eagle Field in the Mojave Desert, initially training...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and rare ELCO PT Boats war worker enameled lapel pin. The pin reads ELCO NATIONAL DEFENSE WORKER and shows a Mosquito riding a Torpedo over the waves at center along...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver WWII Home Front War Worker lapel pin from American Car & Foundry, which is in the shape of a 3/4 view of a Tank.American Car & Foundry was located in Berwick...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare sterling World War II Issue WASP pin given at graduation. This is only the 3rd one I have seen! VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 13/16" in width by 1" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare NPEA student's dagger, and was a D-Day vet's bring-back. This is another artifact brought home by Radio Operator Clyde Williams, who was in the First Wave of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Luftwaffe Fighter Wing 51 "Molders" Insignia Badge. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver and enamel...