Medical, Health & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Cape Cod (Massachusettes) Hospital Volunteer Service lapel pin. It was made of wartime shortage painted white metal. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Size: 3/4" in diameter CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted white...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920's-30's New Jersey Practical Nursing School graduation pin. The engraving on the back is to "Julia Van Kooten." The pin is tested to be manufactured in sterling silver. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's-30's SIZE: Size: 7/8" x...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1960 New Hampshire state agency badge: Chief of Security at New Hampshire Hospital. The center of the badge features a nicely detailed New Hampshire State Seal in enamel and surrounding it reads: "CHIEF SECURITY NEW HAMPSHIRE...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of the World War I The Second Army Air Service Book". This book was originally owned by well-known Philadelphia newspaper personality Edith M. Marble, acquired while in France during WWI doing American Red Cross...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s Hungarian Red Cross nurse instructor badge for ten years of service. The badge reads MVK at the top, has a white enameled medallion showing a 10 and a red cross, and the words at the bottom translate into NURSE TRAINING...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce numbered badge for the French United Nations Battalion (insigne numéroté pour l'ONU/Organisation des Nations Unies Bataillon Francais). Active from 1950-1953, the ONU consisted of French volunteers from among both the active...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I M1915 French Army Artillery "Adrian" helmet. It comes to us from the estate of Lieutenant William Edwin Bown, a 397 T.M.U. (397 Transport Militaire Unite, Groupe Hemart) driver from East Aurora, New York who served...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified Chinese medical badge. It appears to date from sometime from the 1930s through World War II. The badge painted green and shows two snakes coiled about Prometheus' torch with some Chinese characters above. The badge is...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) officer collar badge. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) patch. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine years later the...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) badge by B. Manufacturing Company. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Youth Men's Christian Association (YMCA) badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which city life teemed. Nine...