Mar 11, 2021 - Sale 2561

Sale 2561 - Lot 326

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(EMPLOYEE I.D. BADGES)
A group of 32 identification badges for manufacturing and military-related companies during and following WWII.


With portraits of male and female laborers, including badges for companies such as B.F. Goodrich, Carnegie-Illinois Steel, Continental Screw, Ingall's Shipbuilding, and military sites including the Naval Air Station, Naval Aviation Facilities, and the U.S. Naval Hospital in Illinois, among others. Most are oval or circular, a few are rectangular; celluloids and pinbacks; various sizes. 1940s-50s