July 4th: Vintage Patriotic Jewelry

The wearing of patriotic jewelry has been popular for decades. But, especially during WWII, to show support, woman not only wore jewelry depictunf patritic themes and colors, but they wore 'sweetehart' jewery. Jewelry to remember loved ones, to show support of a service or brance of the military and/or jewelry made by they men in uniform, known as trench art.
Patriotic jewelry has also been worn over the years for political reasons, such as jewelry depicting the name of a canditate, or just to show patriotisn, such as the popular red, white and blue jewelry from the 1976 bi-cenntenial.
Here are several examples of vintage patriotic jewelry:
1940's bakelite anchor:

WWII hand made Trench Art cuff bracelet:

1940's Lucite Air Force sweetheart bracelet:

Mid 1970's patriotic beads necklace set:

Patriotic pot metal dove of peace:

Patriotic bakelite bar pin, the original white has turned butterscotch, the navy turned almost black:

Hobe patriotic beads set:

To see more patriotic jewelry, just click the title of this post.
Enjoy your 4th!