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ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful souvenir plaque for the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin around-the-world flight (weltflug) in August 192The trip was urged on by tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and the airship carried Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, a Hearst correspondent,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s-World War II large silver-plated DC-3 pin. The pin is shaped like a DC-3 in diagonal flight and shows small details, such as windows. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-World War II. SIZE: 2" height and 2-15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s celluloid pilot badge for Rhode Island State Airport. Built in 1931 in Warwick, the airport was the first in the nations to be first state-owned and operated. The badge shows an operating number of 6. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare souvenir pin from 1st Stratospheric Balloon flight in 1934. VINTAGE: Circa 1934. SIZE: About 1/2" in width by 1-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver. ATTACHMENT: Vertical one-piece safety-type pin with "C" catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s French aviation cigarette case. One cover shows France in relation to its neighboring countries, and the other side shows France on her own with all of her largest communities labeled. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a Junior Aviation Club wing by Johnson for the New York Evening Graphic, which was published from 1924 to 193The Evening Graphic was a tabloid that helped send the likes of Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell to their famous fates. The wing...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Art Deco seaplane desk model, and could possibly be related to the Schneider Trophy. The modeal appears to be a Supermarine, the predecessor to the Spitfire. The very sleek plane sits on a handsome black marble base and its...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Polaris Flight Academy pilot training service collar insignia. Polaris Flight Academy set up shop in 1941 at War Eagle Field in the Mojave Desert, initially training cadets of the Royal and Royal Canadian Air Forces...

ARTIFACT: This is an interesting circa 1920s or early 1930s leather flight helmet. The back flap can be worn down for warmth or snapped up off the neck. It also has a short visor and two side snap flaps covering a pair of earholes: the snaps have a neat...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of circa 1920s or early 1930s aviator's or motorcyclist's goggles. They are tinted in an orange hue for enhanced vision. These goggles sport a handsome reddish leather with cut-out details and even have a stylish herringbone...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I membership pin for the Aerial League of America, a civilian aviation organization. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag and shows a winged propeller at its center and reads ALA. VINTAGE: Circa World War I...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Polaris Flight Academy named graduate presentation bracelet by Entenmann. Polaris Flight Academy set up shop in 1941 at War Eagle Field in the Mojave Desert, initially training cadets of the Royal and Royal Canadian Air...