Ocean Liner & Steamship Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a beautifully made enameled pin for a French steamship line. It shows a blue anchor crossed with a white flag showing a small red ball and with the words: Cie. Gle. TRANSATque. All of this is surrounded by a shield-shaped red wreath...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa early 1900s enameled brooch showing the White Star Lines RMS Celtic at center. Launched from Belfast on April 4, 1901, the Celtic had a record-setting gross tonnage, one of four sister ships known as "The Big Four"...

ARTIFACT: This is a pin for the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, also called the Ward Line, after its founder, James Otis Ward. The company initially ran routes from New York to Havana and Nassau, and later expanded to include the "Mexican...

ARTIFACT: This is an unusual United States Merchant Marine officer's overseas cap badge from World War II. The badge is in gilt sterling silver, and has no hallmark but has great details. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare sterling silver 1943 United States Merchant Marine Union "Torpedoed" lapel pin. The pin reads SMEA 1943 and shows a torpedo at the center. The SMEA was the Sun Marine Employees' Association, the association for the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Port of New York International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) photo identification badge. The ILA, a labor union representing longshoremen working the Eastern U.S. coast, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes and Puerto...

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: 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: 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930's SS Manhattan, United States Lines Luxury Steamship souvenir lapel pin. The SS Manhattan was launched in 1931 and built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship cost about $21 million to make, which was an extreme cost...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful 19th century nautical match strike from Portsmouth, NH. The frame may look distressed, but that is intentional, adding more to the look of this piece. The paper artifact is in excellent condition with little wear...