USAS USAC USAAF & USAF Related Artifacts

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 1934-1935 Douglas Aircraft Company DC-2 "first flight" pin, commemorating the May 11, 1934 flight. The pin is very petite and finely-detailed, and is shaped like a DC-2 coming at the viewer head-on. VINTAGE: Circa 1934-1935...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s-1930s lapel wing from Roosevelt Field, New York, Lindbergh's departure site on his solo flight to Paris in 192The wing shows an R against a field of black at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: 1/4" height and 15/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Army Air Forces Air Gunnery School wing patch. The patch was meant for the flight training students' overseas caps. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in height by 4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: One of the most beautiful WWII CBI rings I have ever seen and largest in enameled silver. The obverse features red and blue enameled flag, Chinese sunburst and star, the side reads: “BURMA CHINA” in blue enamel and the opposite side reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver WWII Home Front War Worker lapel pin from American Car & Foundry, which is in the shape of a 3/4 view of a Tank.American Car & Foundry was located in Berwick Pennsylvania, and s WWII was starting, the company...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Ð 1920s United States Air Service sweetheart propeller pin made by Robbins Company. The pin has an enameled star at center and the wings are detailed similar to dragonfly wings. VINTAGE: Circa World War I Ð 1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces son-in-service pin in sterling silver. The pin has a bow at the top from which a partially painted crest dangles. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Air Corps son-in-service pin in sterling silver. There is an eagle at the top of the pin from which a partially-painted crest dangles. Originally, the area that reads IN SERVICE was once completely black and...

ARTIFACT: This is rare World War I US Air Service Observer sweetheart wing in 10K gold. VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: About 7/16" in width by 1" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10K gold. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a tongue-type "C" catch...