Uniforms, Buttons, Insignia, Medals

Welcome to Kenrick A. Claflin & Son

Featured on our web site and in our monthly web catalogues are new and out-of-print books, documents, post cards, photographs, maps and charts, engravings, lithographs, uniforms and insignia, tools, lamps, lens apparatus, equipment and apparatus and much more relating to these heroic services.

We now issue most of our catalogues on line rather than by mail. This allows us to issue more catalogues and feature more items, with better photos and descriptions. Let us know your email address and we will email you monthly as our catalogues are posted.

Type in your search word. After hitting Enter you will automatically be brought back to this page. Scroll down to this spot to see the results of search. Pages containing your search word will be listed. You will be allowed to click on the pages found. When on each page, Windows Explorer will allow you to use Ctrl + F to bring up a search box for that page. Type in your search word again and hit “Enter”. You will be taken to that item.

Showing all 152 results

New Items

Recent Items Received

Closeouts Up To 50% Off

This Month's Catalogue

Uniforms, Buttons, Insignia, Medals

Welcome to Kenrick A. Claflin & Son

6775. U.S. Coast Guard Cap or Collar Device c.WWII

6775. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Hat device early c. 1930’s – 1940’s.

28126v. (uniform) U.S. Coast Guard Dark Navy Blue Uniform Jacket, Senior Chief E8, Machinist Rating. Serving from c.1943-1960.

33134. U.S. Coast Guard Enlisted Complete Cap – Combination Cover c.1980’s.

33136. (pants) U.S. Coast Guard. c.1940-1950’s.

33131. (mitten set) U.S. Coast Guard Artic Extreme Cold Weather Mitten Set with Liners.

33130. (garrison / side cap) U.S. Coast Guard SPARS Garrison Cap c.1945.

2539t. (Peacoat) U.S. Coast Guard Peacoat c.1950 – 1970’s.

8176-35. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP. White

8176-34. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP. White

8176-33. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP. Dark navy-blue

8176-32. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP USS SENECA, CG. c.1915 – 1936.

6267.. Howe, M. A. DeWolf. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS – AN HISTORICAL REVIEW 1785-1916. Boston. 1918.

33112. Maritime Buttons

33111. (belt buckle) U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

21222. Boddington, Jack. CANADIAN LIFE-SAVING MEDALS AND OTHER AWARDS. The Military Collectors Club of Canada. Monograph. c.1982.

2539b. (uniform) U.S. Coast Guard Uniform, Khaki Jacket, Gunners Mate Rating. c.1943.

SR-555. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP.

SR-484. COASTGUARD ENLISTED MAN’S CAP

SR-535. Coast Guard Enlisted Man’s Cap.

2360. [medallion] Shipwrecked Mariners Society

8348. [Life-Saving Medal] Royal Life Saving Society. c.1929.

28309. (printers’ block) U.S. Congressional Life Saving Medal c.1874-1900.

21436. [WW II visitor’s button] “Visitor U. S. Coast Guard Station, New London #124”

1640. (lapel pin) U.S. Coast Guard.

2817. (hat) Early Kepi, U. S. Lighthouse Service insignia.

22583. Johnson, David F., UNIFORM BUTTONS. AMERICAN ARMED FORCES. 1784-1948. Vol .I Descriptions & Values. Watkins Glen 1948 by Century House

21209. Katcher, Philip. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARMIES(3): STAFF, SPECIALIST AND MARITIME SERVICES. Osprey Men-At-Arms series #179. London. 1986.

25185. WW II United States Coast Guard Good Conduct medal.

6658-24. (lot 14 buttons) U. S. Revenue Cutter Service.

31086. Tucker, Michael F. United States Army Cap Insignia 1902-1975. Dorrance. 2021.

31062. Sharkey, Alan J. Collectors Guide The Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Medallion 1891-1991. 2020.

28346. Boddington, Jack. A CONQUERED SEA – An Illustrated Record of the United States Presidential Lifesaving Medal and Related Awards. 1990

21261. ed. The Earl of Sandwich . BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDALS RELATING TO NAVAL AND MARITIME AFFAIRS. Greenwich. 1950

6265. Williams, Colonel Dion. UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE U. S. COAST GUARD , U. S. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE , U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 1918.

994. McGuinn, William F. and Bruce S. Bazelon. AMERICAN MILITARY BUTTON MAKERS AND DEALERS; THEIR BACKMARKS & DATES

21198. Todd, Frederick P., AMERICAN MILITARY EQUIPAGE 1851-1872 VOLUME III. With original illustrations by George Woodbridge.

1705. (belt) Leather Belt marked “USCG”.

26198b. Original U. S. LIGHT HOUSE SERVICE MATCHED PAIR OF HAT SIDE CHIN-STRAP BUTTONS.

PA-83. Chin Straps for Cap.

PA-87. U.S. Coast Guard boatswain’s pipe. c.1970’s.

11202-1. (rating badge set 2) Chief Gunners Mate, U.S. Coast Guard pre 1948 & post 1948.

27403. (set) Set 6 Early United States Merchant Marine Cadet Uniform Buttons. c.1930’s.

2813. (pin) U.S. Coast Guard Honorable Discharge Pin.

10430. (catalogue) Lighthouse Uniform Company. Catalogue of Approved U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Uniforms & Accessories. 1971.

6598. Albert, Alphaeus H., RECORD OF AMERICAN UNIFORM AND HISTORICAL BUTTONS Bicentennial Edition.

20102. Lord, Francis A. and Arthur Wise. UNIFORMS OF THE CIVIL WAR. Cranbury. 1970.

7439. Britton, Jack. UNIFORM INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES. Tulsa. 1981.

21413. Hickox, Ron G. , U.S. MILITARY EDGED WEAPONS OF THE SECOND SEMINOLE WAR 1835-1842. Hickox. 1984

8425. Campbell, J. Duncan and Edgar M. Howell. AMERICAN MILITARY INSIGNIA 1800 – 1851. Smithsonian Institution, Washington , DC . 1963.

8341LL,mm,nn. [2-handled bouillon cup] United States Coast Guard.

22293. Wessling, R. M. [LCDR, USCG Ret.] PATCHES OF THE U. S. COAST GUARD – An Illustrated Register. Vol. 3 [SAR, LE & ATON Shore Units, Stations, LEDETs & ANT Teams.

B-278. U. S. Coast Guard Academy Ensign hat.

22126. Loubat, J.F. THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1776-1876.

LG-132. [Life-Saving Medal] Extremely rare bronze medal for the saving of life, issued by the Treasury Department of the United States, Coast Survey.

7222. [pin] Original ornamental pin bearing the image of the Maine Seacoast Mission steamer Sunbeam.

20518. Krietemeyer, Capt. George E., THE COAST GUARDSMAN’S MANUAL. Annapolis. 2000. 9th ed.

8360.. [commemorative life-saving medal] Bronze U. S. Mint medal for the saving of life at the wreck of the steamship San Francisco in December 1853.

2087. Horstman Bros. & Company. PRICE LIST NEW REGULATION U. S. LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE EQUIPMENTS.

8521. Treasury Department, United States Light-House Establishment. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE UNIFORMS FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE. 1893.

8520. Department of Commerce, United States Lighthouse Service. REGULATIONS FOR UNIFORMS IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. 1920.

25346. Department of Commerce , United States Lighthouse Service. REGULATIONS FOR UNIFORMS IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. 1928.

C8151. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE UNIFORMS FOR WARRANT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD – 1916.

9126. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE UNIFORMS FOR COMMISSIONED AND WARRANT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD – 1930.

21165. Treasury Department, United States Revenue Marine. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE UNIFORMS OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE UNITED STATES REVENUE MARINE. Wash. 1891.

21177. Racine, Frank M., NOTES ON THE MEDALS AND AWARDS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HUMANE SOCIETY. 1977

2985. Olson, Lorraine. OLD BUTTONS and THEIR VALUES. Chicago 1940

22358. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL UNITED STATES MILITARY MEDALS 1939 TO PRESENT. Fountain Inn. 2002.

22414g. [pin/ribbon] U. S. Life-Saving Service Surfman’s Mutual Benefit Association c.1900.

29347. Perrenot, Preston B. United States Coast Guard Grade Insignia Since 1834.

SR-522. (lot) U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary hats, insignia, ribbons.

Reproduction U. S. Lighthouse Service Insignia

Our Reproduction Uniform Insignia used in Oscar nominated movie “The Lighthouse” with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. Pic. Universal.

2383. Reproduction U. S. Life-Saving Service right arm insignia patch