Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful prosthetic "peg" leg from the mid-nineteenth century or earlier. The peg leg is in painted, gilded wood with brass, copper and iron, as well as Buff leather. Typically associated with pirates from the sixteenth through...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s lapel badge for the Mormon women's Relief Society by Balfour. The Relief Society has been in existence since 1842, and the group's motto, "Charity never faileth", is enameled on the badge. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II combat medic lapel pin. The pin shows a winged red enameled cross upon a stretcher beneath which two snakes are entwined. This particular medical device (which is a miniature of the full-size device) was used by the...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early World War II service badge for six months of service with the American Public Health Board. The badge is an enameled red, white and blue banner with a small pendant reading 6 MOS hanging below. VINTAGE: Circa early World...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I pin for the German Red Cross Patriotic Women's Association (VFV: Vaterlandischer Frauen-Verein). The badge shows a red cross at center and reads VFV. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a named humane medal given to Dorothy E. Haskell in 1924 from the American Humane Education Society and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The medal comes in its original case, and is engraved with the...

ARTIFACT: This is an early officer badge for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The badge shows an avenging angel staying the hand of a man beating a horse at center and reads THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY...

ARTIFACT: This is an agent badge by Robbins for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The badge shows an avenging angel staying the hand of a man beating a horse at center and reads A.S.P.C.A. 28. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a cane made from an aircraft strut that was popular with both pilots and American Field Service drivers. The cane has a simple design with a curved grip. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 35-1/4" length and 2-7/8" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 copy of the United States Army Air Forces manual "Survival After Emergency Landing: Pilot's Medical Handbook". The booklet has illustrations to accompany the text and a list of helpful drugs in the back. The book was prepared by...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1918 hardcover copy of the United States Air Service Medical Manual from the War Department, Air Service Division of Military Aeronautics at Washington, D.C. There are lots of photographs of aircraft mixed in, including...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II officer jacket for the Volunteer Medical Service Corps (VMSC), an organization started during World War I. Doctors who were part of the VMSC could be called on to serve in either civilian or military capacities. The...