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ARTIFACT: This is an Extremely Rare Circa 1918 Curtiss Flying School Lapel Pin for a Graduate or an Instructor. The Curtiss Flying School was started by Glenn Curtiss to compete against the Wright Flying School l of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and absolutely beautiful 1910's - WWI - Early 1920s USMC Enlisted Man Full Dress "Duty" Belt Buckle with a stunning Officer Collar EGA by Bailey, Banks, & Biddle BB&B. This is the finest example of this type of...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, Issue, late WWI French Army Airship / Balloon Pilot Badge number B1171.  VINTAGE: Late WWI, ca 1918. SIZE: Approximately: 2-1/8" in width x 1-5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt and silver-plated bronze...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty early World War II Chinese made China Air Task Force (CATF) shoulder patch. The CATF replaced the 1st American Volunteer Group (aka "Flying Tigers") and was the precursor to the 14th Air Force, and this circular patch has a...

ARTIFACT: BETTER PICTURES ON THE WAY!This is a rare, early to mid - 1950s USN wings and photo grouping of American Volunteer Group (AVG / Flying Tigers) 2nd Squadron Flight leader, Commander Charles D. Mott. The grouping includes a nice 4 x 6 Studio...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare and most likely unique, circa 1950's Los Angeles County Fair Director badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold Filled Brass with heavy white enamel details...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful presentation Women's Relief Corps President and Member Badge Combination presented to Helen E. Mason, the Department of New Hampshire Women's Relief Corps President. The WRC is the women's auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique piece: a wonderful walking stick from the 2nd half of the 19th century. The stick is very delicate looking, but is cleverly made of a heavy spring with an intricately woven covering concealing the steel spring body and...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare grouping belonging to a World War II United States Naval Air Transport Service male flight orderly stationed in Alameda, California. The grouping includes the Flight Orderly Badge, a Photo ID Badge and a miniature USN Air Crew...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare, large, World War II United States Navy jacket patch for the United States Navy Construction Battalions, CBs, or Seabees. The patch is a decal on leather and is constructed in the same way as a period squadron patch...

ARTIFACT: This is a HUGE (almost 9"long!) Japanese-made patch for the United States Navy's USS Gudgeon SS-56The patch is roughly oval with a rope-style border and shows a sub shooting off three torpedos. The patch reads GUDGEON SS 567. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s USS Growler SSG-577 Japanese-made patch. The patch shows a huge fist holding an aircraft in front of a mushroom cloud. What makes Growler and her sister boat, the Grayback, unusual was her nuclear armament, deployed...