Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij (Netherlands-American Steam Navigation Company), or NASM for short, Established in April 1873, this company became known as the Holland-America Line, and had an official...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1920s promotional celluloid pin from the Meseck Steamship Line. The pin features the S.S. Westchester. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid-wrapped tin...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s hat badge for American President Line shipping company. The American President Line was formed in 1938 after the demise of the Dollar Shipping Company, around since 1900. The badge has great gold bullion details and a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s hat badge for Panama Steamship Line. The Panama line was founded by President Theodore Roosevelt to coincide with the creation of the Panama Canal. It was operated by the United States Army and War Department until...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1920s or 1930s shipping hat badge for Watts, Watts & Company, a British shipping lines. Originally Watts, Ward & Co., the company was in business as early as 1885 with its name change happening in 189The badge...

ARTIFACT: Nice, late 1920's Matson Steamship Lines SS Matsonia enameled lapel pin. The public shipping company was established in the late 1880's with initial routes to the Hawaiian Islands. The steamship was instrumental in the growth of Hawaii's...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of circa 1930s-1940s Matson Steamship Lines collar insignia. Established in 1926 upon the purchase of Oceanic Steamship Company, Matson ran routes all over the Pacific. Each insignia is a red flag bearing the letter M at center...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s-1930s captain's cap badge for J & NF Company. The badge has a full band and the insignia is a wreathed flag bearing J&NF CO. and reads CAPTAIN above. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: Insignia: 2-1/4" height and...

ARTIFACT: Great 1930's Texaco Oil Company Shipping Fleet Captain hat badge. The badge shows a nicely embroidered company flag logo in silk with a bullion wreath embellishment surrounding it and reads: "CAPTAIN" across the top in bullion detail. The...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1910's – 1920's match safe from the Alfred Holt Shipping Lines / Blue Funnel Line Ship TSS Ascanius. The silver-plated nickel safe shows an enameled flag in blue, white, and yellow detail with the letters: "AH" in the center...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s lapel pin for the Propeller Club of the United States. Founded in 1927, the club was a grassroots organization for maritime interests that spread to international ports. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 9/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 advertising letter opener for the steamship S.S. City of Birmingham of the Savannah Line (or the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah). Built in 1923 as one of the last passenger ships for the Savannah Line, the Birmingham...