Swimming Sports Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s chenille patch for the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps (USVLSC) auxiliary. The USVLSC existed in fifteen states where there were no federally-run life-saving stations and acted to supplement the U. S. Life Saving...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s (YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association "Basic" level swimming award lapel pin. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s (YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association "Advanced" level swimming award lapel pin. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s (YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association "Swimmer" level swimming award lapel pin. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, sterling Athletics Medal, 101st Signal Battalion, New York National Guard 1932 Swimming Plunge medal. The enameled planchet displays a blue enameled circle in the center that reads: "101" with the battalion's insignia...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Federation Francaise de Natation (FFN) lapel pin with the letters FFN and a rooster in blue, white and red enamel. The FFN began in 1920 and is still in existence today. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: About 5/16" in width...