Identified Items

ARTIFACT: Mid-1960's 1st Division Artillery Aviation Section, Vietnam War era patch on a plastic pocket hanger. The patch is in bright red cotton with an embroidered winged horse rearing up beneath the words IACTARE VIOLENTIUS (tossing violence)...

ARTIFACT: This badge, circa summer 1941 was initially made up for a Civilian Squadron of Pilots of then-called General Purpose Aircraft (think Flying Jeep!) for the Tennessee and Texas Army ManeuversÉ The Grasshopper was a light 800 lb. aircraft and had...

ARTIFACT: This is a large circa 1950-1952 US Navy FASRon-101 (Fleet Air Service Squadron 101) jacket patch. FASRon 101 operated out of Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island. The patch is fully embroidered and shows a winged monkey wrench sailing...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II jacket patch for the United States Navy Air Sea Rescue Squadron 6 (VH-6). The squadron was transferred to Okinawa during the summer of 1945 and operated PBM-5 Mariner aircraft. The patch is in a Disney design and...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II plaque bearing the Disney-designed insignia of the United States Navy Air and Sea Rescue Squadron 1 (VH-1). The plaque is hand-painted and shows Dumbo the Elephant flying with a hard hat, spyglass and a net...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s United States Army ROTC shoulder patch for Tilden High School in Chicago, Illinois. The patch is in tan wool and shows the initials HT with a sunrise. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: About 3" in height and 1-7/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s Portuguese Air Force radio operator wing. The wing a globe on a radar screen at its center. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1" in height and 2-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare circa 1930 Turkish pilot wing made in the United Kingdom. The wing was done in classic UK bullion and construction, pin-pointing a rare wing from a rare period of time. After gaining independence in 1923, the fledgling...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare member pilot wing for Hanacky Aeroklub Olomouc (HAO), a pre-WWII Czech aero club and pilot school based in Olomouc, historic capital of the Hana region in the present Czech Republic. Twenty-nine of the pilots that...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled 10 karat gold nursing graduation pin from Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts. It is in the shape of a cross with a caduceus at center, and is engraved with the original owner's initials on reverse...

ARTIFACT: This is a lovely circa 1930's or 1940's nursing graduation bar pin from St. Francis School of Nursing in Trenton, New Jersey. St. Francis was an early nursing school, established in 1905 under the direction of Sister Hyachintha. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1900 nursing graduation pin in enameled 14 karat gold for the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The hospital opened in 1871 in Jamaica Plain (later moving to South Boston) and carried out...