WII Letter Pouch (red)
WWII Letter Pouch in red satin trimmed with purple ribbon and hand painted red flowers and green leaves. Says, “Mother” and in the corner “US Navy” with an anchor. The inside of the cover is cream with four roses creating a frame and in the middle the word “Mother” with a 4 line poem. The inside of the bottom has a pocket made of flag fabric with 48 stars. Pouch 7” x 9.” DATE:1940s.
WII Letter Pouch (deep pink)
WWII Letter Pouch in deep pink satin, the word “Sweetheart hand-painted on a diagonal between two red roses. The inside of the pouch is cream satin with a poem “Sweetheart” and on the bottom is a pocket that says “US Army” with pink flowers. Inside the pocket is a tiny piece of light blue fabric pair of underpants w/cream lace trim, and written on them is “US Army” on one side and on the other, “To my Sweetheart.” There is a picture of Cupid, silk screened in black w/a poem titled “Sweetheart.” 7” x 11.” DATE:1940s
World War Service “Sister” Pillow Cover (pink and white)
World War Service “Sister” pink and white silk cover, navy back and gray fringe, says “USA Camp Gordon Atlanta, Ga” and in the upper left corner is the image of a doughboy’s face set inside a star w/American, French and British flags, and on top of the star there is an American Eagle holding a ribbon w/the words “World War Service.” In the lower right corner is “Lady Justice” with her sword and shield and the eagle with the words, “E Pluribus Unum 1918.” Circa: 1918
WWI “Mother” Pillow Cover (pale pink)
WWI “Mother” pale pink cotton cover w/yellow fabric back and pink fringe; printed image of a woman inside a picture frame with an American flag on each side and 3 red carnations reads “Mother” with a 4 line poem. DATE: Circa 1917.
Navy “Mother” Pillow Cover (yellow)
Navy “Mother” yellow acetate cover with dark green fringe. In the center is a poem to “Mother,” framed with a rope, roses and anchor. Ribbon over anchor reads “Our Navy America’s Guardian USN.” Center top has an American eagle and American coat of arms, bordered by cruiser and aircraft carrier. Along the bottom is a battleship, a seaplane, submarine and destroyer. DATE: Circa 1941.
Navy “Wife” Pillow Cover (light pink and blue)
Navy “Wife” light pink and blue acetate cover with a peach cotton back and blue and yellow fringe. The center picture says “US NAVY, US Navy Training School – Ames, Iowa with a picture of a ship printed in center, it reads Poem “To My Wife; top left corner the American Eagle standing on an anchor, top right corner an anchor formed by people says, “A Human Picture Composed of Blue Jackies in Uniform.” 17” sq. DATE: 1940s
Navy “Mother” Pillow Cover (pink)
Navy “Mother” pink acetate cover with a teal back and yellow fringe. Printed in the center in large navy blue letters, “U.S.Navy,” to left “In service for my country and You,” on the right is a large “V,” in the middle “Camp Peary, Va” Along the bottom left is a 2” bee with a sailor’s hat and gun with the word “Seabees,” to the right a framed poem “to My Mother” DATE: Circa: 1941.
U.S. Army Pillow Cover (peach)
U.S. Army peach acetate cover with orange fringe. In the center is a poem to “Mother,” with a fighting eagle and is bordered with 2 planes, one a “F-28” and 4 pictures of soldiers in the field. Stamped “Fort Lee, Va.” DATE: Circe 1941.
“Overseas” metal pin
“Overseas” rectangular metal pin covered with dark blue fabric and a needlepoint picture of a gold eagle and the word “Overseas in white. Original tag attached with gold cord, “Overseas Service Mothers of America. Pin 1” x 3/4.” DATED: Circa 1941.
“Women’s Service, War Savings” pin
“Women’s Service, War Savings” celluloid pin back Button, white with dark blue print and sketch of woman in a long skirt and boots turning a huge wheel. Turn & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J. DATE: 1917 to 1918.
“American Women’s Voluntary Services” pin
“American Women’s Voluntary Services” white paper with a thin plastic cover pictures an eagle at the top and a red and blue horizontal strip. Metal back and sides. 2” diameter.
“Victory Girls” pin
“Victory Girls” celluloid button in red with a dark blue center and the words “VIctory Girls” in white with an eagle in flight. Along the bottom, “I am Enrolled.” The General Federation of Women’s Clubs provided 100 volunteers, two from each state, to work with the YMCA in France to provide assistance for American soldiers during WWII. 3/4” diameter. Victory Girls became a generic term for young women who sought out men in uniform for dubious reasons.
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Women’s Army Corps Service Medals (Bronze)
2 Round bronze Women’s Army Corps Service Medals. Medal hangs from a green 2-1/2” wide grosgrain ribbon.The profile of the goddess Pallas Athena is stamped on the front, superimposed on a sheathed sword with oak leaves. The back has stamped scroll with an eagle on the top, written on the scroll “For Service in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1942-1943.” 1-1/4” diameter. DATED: Medal first awarded July 10, 1942 and last awarded September 2, 1945.
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Pin (Burgundy)
Burgundy celluloid WAAC Pin, 4 women in uniform, in a marching stance, the bottom of each uniform is stamped w/a letter spelling out the word “WAAC,” back of pin has tiny safety pin attached. 1-3/4" X 2.”
“V” for Victory Pin
“V” Victory Pin, bakelite with 3 layers in red, white and blue on the top. In script across the front of the “V” is the word “Mother” in brass plated wire. 1-1/4” across the top.
“Mothers of World War II” Hat (red satin)
“Mothers of World War II” Hat, styled like service men’s “side cap,” in red satin with white piping, a patch and 5 blue stars. Blue stars signify she has 5 living sons in the service, stars are always hand sewed should the situation change. DATED: December 1941 to July 1945.
