Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare and very cool 1930's Aerial Nurse Corps of America Flight Nurse uniform jacket with wing and shoulder patch. The uniform wing reads "NURSE" and the patch shows a red, embroidered plane in the center, along the top it reads "DIV"...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful copy Ambulance No. 10 Personal Letters From The Front by Leslie Buswell and printed by Houghton Mifflin Company – The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This example is the First Trade Edition of the previously private...

ARTIFACT: Nice size vintage 1940's Standard Porcelain, Trenton, New Jersey acid-resistant mortar and pestle size #2. VINTAGE: Circa 1940's SIZE: Approximately Size #2; Mortar: 2-1/2"x 3-7/8" (top diameter); Pestle: 4-1/" x 1" (bottom...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1940's Cruz Roja Panamena (Panama Red Cross) lapel badge. The center shows a red cross against a white enameled circle and the outer red ring reads: "ROJA PANAMENA CRUZ". VINTAGE: Circa 1940's. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's – WWII Italian Fascist Red Cross enameled lapel badge. The small rectangular pin features an enameled red cross in the upper corner atop a feather with a partial Fascia below in raised detail and the reverse shows:...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWI Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross) enameled member badge by Johnson in Milano. The center of the shield-shaped badge is a raised, white enamel disc with a red cross and the surrounding is detailed in green enamel. The...