Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II ambulance driver pin for the American Women's Auxiliary Defense Corps. The pin shows a red eagle against a blue cross and reads WADC in gold. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I National First Aid Association of America lapel pin. The pin has a blue enameled crest and center which has been slightly reshaped to resemble a heart. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War I volunteer armband for the Good Will Organization. The Good Will began in 1919 in Milwaukee. It provided employment for people with disabilities, including soldiers returning home after World War I. The arm band has...

ARTIFACT: WWII Era New York City Department of Public Health #'d Matron Badge. The large round white celluloid badge reads: "ISSUED BY DEPT. OF HEALTH LICENSED CITY OF NEW YORK" and in the very center it reads: "MATRON 11334", the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II employee photo identification badge for Fitzimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Fitzsimmons had first existed during World War I, but was reconstructed as an Army medical facility under the Works Project...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II donation badge for the Mercy Ships Relief Corps. The badge is a combination caduceus and sword. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-7/16" in height and 1-1/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Save the Children Fund wartime service badge in sterling silver. The badge is enameled in red, white and blue and shows a swaddled toddler at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s York, Maine Volunteer Fire Department ambulance vehicle tag. York is a popular vacation spot in southern Maine that was established in 1624 as Agamenticus (the mountain there still bears that name). VINTAGE: Circa 1970s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1990's Rhode Island Medical Society EMT patch. It is embroidered on blue cotton. VINTAGE: Circa 1990's. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/8" in height and 3-5/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidered in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970's Pawtucket, Rhode Island Rescue patch. It is embroidered on blue cotton. VINTAGE: Circa 1970's. SIZE: Approximately 3-13/16" in height and 4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidered in...

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful Circa 1900 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Member Lapel Badge with Original Box. The badge reads THE MASSACHUSETTS S.P.C.A. (A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and shows an...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s advertising first aid tin for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, or AT&T, which was founded in 188The company had been around for a decade previously before it assumed its now famous name as a venture under the...