Wonderful Anti-Axis War Worker War Loan Large Celluloid: To Rid The World of Rats We Bought Hellcats
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Wonderful Anti-Axis War Worker War Loan Large Celluloid: To Rid The World of Rats We Bought Hellcats

Code: hfwa20026bhl


SOLD!!! No Longer Available!

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ARTIFACT: Wonderful, Anti-Axis War Worker, War Loan large celluloid pin from Bethlehem – Hingham, Massachusetts Shipyard. The top of the pin shows a globe with a ring around its center with a Japanese Rising Sun on one side and a swastika. The center of the pin shows an aircraft in red and surrounding it reads: "TO RID THE WORLD OF RATS WE BOUGHT HELLCATS" and below the aircraft: "4th WAR LOAN BETHLEHEM – HINGHAM SHIPYARD, INC." The yard operated for five years beginning in 1940.

VINTAGE: Circa WWII.

SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" in diameter.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Celluloid, paper, adn tinned steel.

ATTACHMENT: Horizontal safety style pin.

MARKINGS: None.

ITEM NOTES: This is from a Homefront collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MCEX16 LACEX6/16 SACEX02/19

CONDITION: 8+ (Excellent): The pin shows minor to moderate surface wear and oxidation to reverse pin, overall excellent condition.

GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.

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