Ocean Liner & Nautical Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s celluloid baggage tag with a great Deco steamship scene from the United States Lines, which started operations in 192The reverse of the tag shows that it was once affixed to the luggage of a passenger from Bluffs, Iowa...

ARTIFACT: This is a handsome 1800s badge (badge number 465) done for the San Francisco Shipbuilders' Association. Badge is done in a relief design with a clipper ship pictured at the top with tools pictured at the bottom. VINTAGE: Circa 1800s...

ARTIFACT: This is an old seaman's identification tag numbered 70419 for the United States Lines, which began operations in 1921. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 1-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Stiff leather with...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s - 1930s Luckenbach Steamship Co. 3rd Assistant Engineer hat badge. Luckenbach was one of the longest-running shipping companies in the United States, starting in 1850 with only one tugboat and closing down in 197The badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s - 1930s Luckenbach Steamship Co. 2nd Assistant Engineer hat badge. Luckenbach was one of the longest-running shipping companies in the United States, starting in 1850 with only one tugboat and closing down in 197The badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice Transoceanic Terminal Corp. Steamship Police Captain badge. VINTAGE: Circa early 1900's. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated brass with black painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare 1910s Isthmian Steamship Lines police badge. The badge reads ISTHMIAN S.S. LINES 43 POLICE. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: 2-1/8" height and 1-3/4" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Pacific Coast Steam Ship Co. Special Police badge #16. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated nickel with black painted details...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1929 Shipyards Corporation medal for the opening of Todd Dock in Brooklyn, New York. The medal is by Dieges & Clust, and reads COMMEMORATING THE OPENING OF THE NEW TOOD DOCK DE. 7, 1929 PLANT OF ROBINS DRY DOCK & REPAIR COMPANY ERIE...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Robin Lines (Sea Shipping Co) hat badge, one pair of hat buttons, four uniform buttons and one collar insignia. The badge is a striking red white and blue wing bearing an R nestled between a bullion laurel wreath and an...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1908 soup bowl from the Moosehead Lake Yacht Club (MLYC) in Greenville, Maine. The bowl dates from the same year as the start of MLYC, which was initially at the Mount Kineo resort hotel and is now based out of a marine museum...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II era officer cap badge in bullion and enamel worn by Wally Johnson, a radio officer for the Grace Lines. Grace was originally begun by two Irish brothers as a shipping company in the nineteenth century and evolved into a...