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Expand your personal collection or secure high-density inventory for your reselling business with this outstanding vintage collection of approximately 37 mixed lapel pins, hat pins, and achievement badges. Displayed in linear rows down a protective green felt backing strip, this multi-theme assortment serves as an exceptional historic time capsule. It offers excellent visual appeal for antique center displays, flea market pickers, or specialized historical ephemera collectors.
An inspection of the top tier reveals an enameled circular National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) crest featuring an American bald eagle shield, a square brown "SL" monogram pin with a tiny star accent, a dark red triangular Junior Achievement "Achiever Award" badge, a premium blue-and-gold 50th Anniversary Rotary International gear-wheel pin, a traditional circular blue-rimmed American Legion star emblem, and a tiny gold-tone Masonic square-and-compasses "G" tack. Just below, the display includes a struck-bronze Future Farmers of America (FFA) vocational agriculture emblem, a detailed architectural building crest for the Service Employees International Union (S.E.I.U. Local 320-32J AFL-CIO) dated 1979, a white enameled Christian Latin cross pin, a large bronze Elks National Foundation relief token, a shield-shaped 4-H Agricultural Program green four-leaf clover pin, and a small five-point solid gold-tone star badge.
Continuing down into the midsection, the collection includes a highly detailed miniature Western-style single-action revolver pistol pin, a circular dark purple "Protestant Men of the Chapel Spiritual Growth Service Fellowship" emblem, a small circular blue-and-gold American Legion Auxiliary pin, a shield-shaped blue-and-white US Jaycees Charter Member pin, a textured gold-tone National Safety Council "3 Year Safe Driver Award" shield, a cut-out gold circular stylized "K" monogram pin, a large circular white-and-blue "Service Employees Association Retiree - We Served With Pride" medallion, a gold-plated square shield depicting a modern tree labeled "Natural World," and a circular gold-and-blue compass-style "Field Staff IUE" union worker pin.
The lower sections round out the array with a circular brass NARFE Past Chapter Secretary-Treasurer coin badge, an abstract dark purple target-pattern radar pin, a rectangular blue enameled "Realtor" block pin, a circular white badge framing a blue chevron and white Maltese cross, a stamped brass Sandusky Ohio sailboat coin connected via safety chain to a highly detailed, multi-scaled gold-tone fish charm, a dark maroon square pin showcasing a copper-tone stylized "O" monogram, a triangular gold-tone Goodyear wingfoot insignia, a circular blue J.C. Penney Co. 10 High Club Service pin, a circular blue-and-white Kiwanis International "K" badge, an oval gold-tone "Monroe Centennial 1889-1989" celebration pin, a circular white-and-green "Incorporated 1974 City of Mississauga" Canadian civic marker, a red enameled open-heart charm framing an "FHC" triangle with a small busy bee symbol, a small gold-tone shield marked "WOTM" hanging from a safety chain loop, a large dark blue circular award pin inscribed "For Progress in Writing," a multi-stepped gold-tone Lions International District Governor Membership Award pyramid, a small white-and-blue crown shield pin, and a scalloped circular bronze American Savings & Loan Institute Achievement Award medal at the very base. The entire presentation can be seen full-length, showing the tremendous diversity of historic themes, functional safety pins, and secure clutch-back fasteners contained throughout this estate lot.
• Superb Value for Online Resellers: A highly actionable wholesale starter lot curated perfectly for online store pickers, flea market vendors, or antique dealers looking to break up niche categories like industrial labor history, civic orders, agricultural clubs, or vintage weapon miniatures. • Recognizable Historical & Labor Markers: Features heavily collected, authentic crossover pieces from established entities like the 1979 S.E.I.U. Union, General Electric/IUE circles, 4-H Agricultural Program, and Rotary International. • Vibrant Finish and Visual Texture: Showcases a beautiful mix of hard-fired cloisonné enamels, struck coppers, rich gold plating, bright rhinestones, and high-relief die-struck base metals. • Ready for Immediate Processing: Neatly organized onto a convenient felt display band that ensures safe, secure shipment while allowing for prompt sorting, listing, and inspection.
Condition
Pre-owned (Vintage).
• All pins are in authentic, original vintage condition, showing normal age-appropriate surface scuffs, light reverse-side patina, and mild natural metal oxidation from long-term storage.
• The colorful enameled fields, stamped lettering, geometric borders, and historical milestone inscriptions remain sharp, vibrant, and completely legible.
• Attachment mechanisms on the reverse vary by manufacturer and era; the vast majority retain their original functional clutch backings, safety pins, or screw posts as displayed.