Identified Items

ARTIFACT: This is a Dan-Air wing in gold bullion from the late 1950s. Dan-Air operated from 1953 until 1992, when it became part of British Airways. There is a red and gold striped pennant flag at the center of the wing. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a bullion helicopter wing enameled in red and blue for the helicopter division of Bristol Aircraft of the United Kingdom. The division was launched after World War II and sold off in 1960. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is World War II, Disney Designed Victorville Army Air Field, 3035th Army Air Force Base Unit Bombardier School leather jacket patch. The patch depicts, Disney's Donald Duck seated upon a cloud wearing a headset and using some instruments...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II multi-piece leather CBI-made unofficial jacket patch for the United States 40th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, India-Burma Sector, 10th Air Force, 8th Photo Group. The patch shows a P-38 aircraft flying over a land mass...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II instructor collar insignia for the National School of Aeronautics (NSA), a United States Army Air Forces flight training school in Kansas City, Missouri. The insignia is in the shape of a winged propeller and has red,...

ARTIFACT: Identified!! Late 1950's United States Air Force439th Supply Squadron Japanese made jacket patch. The fully embroidered octagonal Japanese-made jacket patch depicts a winged top-hat, magic wand, and rabbit against a black background and white...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage shoulder patch for American Youth Hostels (AYH), a group started in 1934 in Northfield, Massachusetts. The group was modeled after the German concept from decades earlier of giving young people a pastoral outlet to escape the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s numbered member lapel pin for the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo Inc. Formed in 1892 by some light-hearted businessmen involved in the forestry products industry, the group gave its CEO a title borrowed from...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of 1880s-1890s Knights Templar Captain General (Masonic) shoulder boards. Styled upon the ancient group of warrior-gentlemen who protected Christian travelers to the holy Land, the Knights Templar is a modern-day fraternal...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950's bullion trainman hat badge for the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ, or Balgarski Darzhavni Zheleznitsi), in operation since 188The central device of the badge is the side view of a railroad car wheel. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950's hat badge for the Spanish Grupe de Tiradores de Ifni. Sidi Ifni, a city in West Africa, became a Spanish colony in 1860. Upon independence from France in 1956, Morocco was eager to reclaim the city. In April 1957, violent...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 Spanish Military Academy of the Air Force breast badge. It has a beautifully enameled crest with a small wing mounted upon it. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" in height and 1-5/8" in width (5.9...