WWII Period

ARTIFACT: This shiny badge is a US Naval Air Station Alameda Fleet Air Police badge from the 1930s. VINTAGE: 1930s. SIZE: 2 ½" in height and 2 ½" wide. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Monel. ATTACHMENT: Large pin soldered to the back...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous one-of-a-kind PT Boat Badge with the name "W. McMillan" engraved on the back.This amazing and unique badge is made from PT Boat windshield Plexiglas and some stainless steel, both probably acquired form a mobile repair shop...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1990's manufacture Eastman Reproduction of an  early WWII United States Navy M-422A size 40 jacket by Gordon & Ferguson Co. The leather is a beautiful medium brown and is supple, the collar is soft fur, and the inside...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I United States Navy cap tally for the USS Minneapolis (C-13), a Columbia class protected cruiser. The Minneapolis made four convoy escort voyages across the Atlantic Ocean during the war. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful signed First Edition of PC Patrol Craft of World War II: A History of the Ships and Their Crews by Wm. J. Veigle, Ph.D., USNR (Ret). This hard cover example is in excellent condition with the dust jacket intact and features the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1946 United States Navy "The Log" yearbook for the 43rd Construction Battalion ("Seabees"). This hardcover book offers a history on the Battalion, as well as several black and white photos of the 43rd's activities, including the...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Vintage United States Navy Submariner 5 x 7 framed portrait photo. The portrait shows an unknown WWII USN Motorman 3rd Class of the submarine service in his Navy whites with an embroidered Dolphin visible on his right sleeve and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 published history of the USS Sangamon CVE-26, originally an Esso (Standard Oil Company) tanker. Launched November 4, 1939 as Esso Trenton, the oiler was converted into an escort carrier and renamed. She served in the Pacific...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1944 copy of NAVAER OO 80V-29 United States Navy "So You Are Going to the South Pacific?". This booklet was compiled for naval aviator being transferred to advanced South Pacific bases during World War II. This booklet is not...

ARTIFACT: 1944 Wartime United States Navy Chaplain story God on a Battlewagon by Captain James V. Claypool Chaplain Corps, USNR. The front page of the hardcover book is inscribed by the author to a friend or clergy member and reads: "To "Padre" Ralph...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II trainee photograph of the Civilian Pilot Training Instruction from the United States Navy V-5 aviation cadet program. The program was an immediate immersion in flight, starting with mastery of a civilian aircraft...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful framed World War II promotional PT (patrol torpedo) boat print from the Electric Boat Company (Elco). Begun in 1892, Elco manufactured several types of boats, including yachts, power boats and boats for the United States...