Service Awards & Lapel Pins
Updated September 20, 2026
| Lot number | 385 |
| Auction | Cedars Fine Estate Part 2 |
| Date | October 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM EDT |
| Auction house | Amber Door Estate Sales Inc. |
| Location | Niagara-on-the-Lake |
A varied assortment of vintage lapel pins and commemorative tokens, primarily focusing on industrial and mid-20th-century associations. The group features a large Westinghouse Electric employee identification badge from the Bloomfield site, containing a monochrome portrait photograph behind a protective cover, bordered by orange enamel and bearing the identification number 1205. The collection includes several Westinghouse service awards for 20, 25, 30, and 35 years of service, as well as a Veteran Employees Association pin dated 1914. Further corporate awards consist of two identical 25-year Domtar pins and three service pins for 30, 35, and 40 years featuring a stylised A logo. The lot also contains an Institute of Power Engineers Branch Past President pin for the 1949-51 term, a 1939 New York World's Fair pin, and a graduation cap-shaped pin for McCarthy's Party Newfoundland. Military and relief-related items include a V Merit Award pin, a red, white, and blue enamelled E award pin, and a thumbs-up pin inscribed B.W.R.S. for the British War Relief Society. A heraldic pin shows a lion rampant with the British Royal motto Dieu Et Mon Droit. Additionally, there is a tapered white stone or composition fob engraved with characters surrounding a central triangle within a circular border. Diameter of Westinghouse badge (measured against a ruler): approx. 5.7 cm Remaining pins and tokens: range approx. 1 cm to 3 cm. Condition: The collection is in good vintage condition, showing signs of age and use across the group. Metal components exhibit light surface wear, minor tarnishing, and patina. The enamel on the various pins appears largely intact with only minor surface marks. The photograph within the large Westinghouse badge shows light yellowing and minor surface scratching.
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