YMCA & YWCA Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful & Rare 1895 YMCA Watch Fob with Merged Logo Used only that Year. Enameled Silver Plated Bronze and Kid Leather. Marked "B RKS", Possibly supposed to be BIRKS, a Canadian Maker. VINTAGE: Circa 1895s...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWI YMCA Christmas Card showing two Dutch children, a boy with a United States flag and a girl with a Santa Claus doll cradled inside a Doughboy helmet and reads: "CHRISTMAS GREETINGS", artwork by "Anita Parkhurst". The card is...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1910s-1920s YWCA lapel pin. Originally christened as the Ladies' Christian Association, the initials YMCA were used eight years later in 186The pin is a triangle enameled in blue and black. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II YMCA-CVJM War Work for Service lapel badge made in the United Kingdom. The badge makes use of the Germanic acronym "CVJM" for Christliche Verein Junger Menschen, perhaps for Swiss or Dutch participants. It...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s (YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association "Basic" level swimming award lapel pin. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s (YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association "Advanced" level swimming award lapel pin. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s (YMCA) Young Men's Christian Association "Swimmer" level swimming award lapel pin. The Association was started by a group of disillusioned young men in London in 1844 as a refuge from the social ills with which...

ARTIFACT: This is a nicely enameled lapel pin for the 14th Annual Conference of the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association (RRYMCA), held in Chicago from October 3-6, 191The first RRYMCA was established beginning in 1872 as a place of lodging and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1910s-1920s YWCA lapel pin. Originally christened as the Ladies' Christian Association, the initials YWCA were used eight years later in 186The pin is a triangle enameled in blue and black. The reverse reads: "BENNETT MFG. CO. N...

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...