Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: Circa 2001 Flying Tigers Association Reunion Patch with signed letter from AVG 1st Pursuit Squadron pilot John Richard "Dick" Rossi, 6 Kill ACE. The embroidered patch depicts the 23rd Fighter Group insignia nicely embroidered with silk and...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered wall plaque for the United States Army Air Forces Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group). It was handcrafted in 1992 by 3rd Squadron Armorer Chuck Baisden of Savannah, Georgia. The plaque is wooden and has vibrant colors...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare World War II CNAC (Chinese National Aviation Corporation) pilot wing variation made in India. CNAC was an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions for the The...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely Rare & Desirable Flying Tigers "Christmas Scarf" which Madame Chiang Kai-Shek presented to every member of the AVG from the Generalissimo on December 25th 194This is the smaller, nearly square scarf that the Ground...

ARTIFACT: This is a large, wonderful sign made from applying an actual Flying Tigers Aircraft Decal to a piece of Masonite painted battleship gray. It is believed that this once adorned the bar back of the officers' Club Bar in Kunming, as there is...

ARTIFACT: RARE 1930's - early 1940's Chinese Air Force Flight Helmet & unusual Willson Goggles. I have never seen anything like the helmet, the CAF wing patch on front, or the Willson Goggles. The leather patch shows a CAF pilot wing which appears to...

ARTIFACT: Simple but poignant door sign from Flying Tigers Headquarters in Kunming. Hand painted on cedar, the primitive nature of this sign shows the level of materials the AVG had to work with in those early days of WWII in war-torn China. The sign is...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1944 A-2 flight jacket for test pilot and former AVG pilot Harry R. Bolster (wing man). Bolster became a test pilot while in the United States and died in a crash in November of 194As test pilots were allowed to wear pretty...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II CNAC (Chinese National Aviation Corporation) pilot collar insignia. The insignia was made in China in brass. CNAC was an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s one year member pin for the National Hot Road Association. Around since 1951, NHRA was established to oversee drag racing. The pin is shaped like a slice of pie, shows a car at center and reads DEDICATED TO SAFETY...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Blue Point CF-12 valve lifter tool. The tool is for use on valve-in-block engines, including the Willys Jeep used by the United States Army and the Ford GPW model. These two vehicles were manufactured only between...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s K-D Manufacturing Company K-D 930 valve compression tool. The tool is for use on Ford, Mercury and Lincoln vehicles. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 13-1/4" in length. CONSTRUCTION /...