Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II 4th War Loan badge for the Bethlehem Steel Company's shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts. The yard operated for five years beginning in 1940. This badge reads WE BOUGHT HELLCATS TO RID THE WORLD OF RATS...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II worker identification badge numbered 17111 for the New England Shipbuilding Corporation of South Portland, Maine. This sleepy little Maine community underwent a sea change with the advent of World War II: two shipyards...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II worker identification badge for the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine. The sleepy little community of South Portland underwent a sea change with the advent of World War II: two...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1918 lapel-size War Service Ship Building badge for upper management. The gilt badge has 1918 and the original owner's initials scratched upon reverse. The badge was made by Whitehead & Hoag Company. VINTAGE: Circa 1918...

ARTIFACT: Great WWI Home Front Ship Building service workers lapel pin in bronze on original card. At its peak, Hog Island employed some 30,000 workers and launched a vessel every 5.5 days. Its workers built 122 ships in four years, and although none saw...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I Ship Builders War Service celluloid badge. The badge is red, white and blue with a logo showing an interlocked anchor and capital R and reads 289 GEO. F. RODGERS & CO. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is an original United Kingdom Propaganda Display about the May 7, 1915 sinking of the Cunard Lines R.M.S. Lusitania off Ireland by a German Submarine / U-Boat, The U-20, which includes 2 copies, appearing to be in cast iron, of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce pair of World War I UK named War Service and Mercantile Marine medals on ribbons. Both medals are named along the bottom edge to Oscar Sjostrom, born in 1887 at Helsingborg, Sweden. They are accompanied by corresponding...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s German advertising stick pin for Sportberger Boats. The pin has a great graphic of a person rowing in a kayak tipped at a diagonal. VINTAGE: Circa 193os. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" in height and 1/2" in width...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930's – WWII Bath Iron Works Police Lieutenant badge in excellent condition. The raised center shows the State Seal of Maine and the shield-shaped badge is topped with an eagle and reads: "LIEUTENANT B.I.W. POLICE" and the bottom shows...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1930's – WWII Bath Iron Works Police Captain badge in near mint condition. B.I.W. is a shipbuilding company that has built many United States Navy vessels. The raised center shows the State Seal of Maine and the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Ca. 1910's Hudson Bay Lines Hendrick Hudson bronze watch fob. The boat on this fob has amazing detail, and even the border is detailed wonderfully. The Hudson Bay Lines were formerly known as Hudson River Day Line. The Hendrick Hudson...