Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s New Hampshire Public Service Commission Railroad/Boat Inspector badge. The badge is by S.M. Spencer manufacturing Company of Boston. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Shipping Board Revenue Service identification disc from the 1910s-1920s. The disc reads U.S.S.B.-R.S. A 2711 at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s French Maritime League (Ligue Maritime Française/LMF) beret badge. The LMF was established to regulate and foster France's national navy as well as merchant shipping...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1919 EAB lapel pin by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: Circa 1919. SIZE: About 9/16" in width by 5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt silver with white and green enamel...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful enameled speedboat lapel pin. VINTAGE: Circa . SIZE: About 7/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling and enamel. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1960s deck plan pamphlet for the Greek Lines' T.S.S. Olympia. The Olympia was Scottish-built and launched in 1953, the only passenger ship ever constructed exclusively...

ARTIFACT: This is a great travel bag from Grace Steamship Lines in the shape of a smokestack. The bag is in black, green and white vinyl with a drawstring closure and shows the Grace flag logo on...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s framed promotional print for the USS United States, flagship of the United States Line. Begun in 1921, United States Lines was originally a shipping company. They debuted...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s shipyard worker badge from the engineering firm of Hinzmann & Waldmann Marine Contractors of New York City. The badge is numbered 250. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE:...

ARTIFACT: This is likely, a vintage 1940s hat badge for Eagle Steamship Lines. The badge has a full band and the insignia is an eagle perched on a sideways anchor in gold bullion. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic circa 1930s Maersk Steamship Lines ash tray advertising their "Far East Service". Maersk is a Danish shipping company that still operates today and is easily identified...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s - 1920s cap badge from Seattle's Inland Navigation Co., an early Puget Sound area transporter. The badge is a full band and its insignia is a gold bullion wreath that...