USAS USAC USAAF & USAF Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese-made full-size risque' novelty lighter by TOKYO from the Korean War era. The front of the lighter reads KOREA on top and YOU AND YOUR DAMN MIDNIGHT SNACKS! at bottom, and shows a discontented bare-breasted woman in bed...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Rolf "Trench-style" cigarette lighter. This "AUTOMATIC STORM PROOF" lighter was made in Austria and is marked with a patent number. The lighter is complete and in excellent condition. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's - 1930's...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII United States Army Air Forces 79th Fighter Group Christmas Card, most likely from 1944 and possibly printed in Italy. The front of the card depicts a winged star 'shining down' upon the words: "CHRISTMAS GREETINGS from the 79 FIGHTER...

ARTIFACT: Great late 1930's Christmas Card with Civilian Air Transport theme. The front of the card is vibrantly colored and shows passengers boarding dressed in winter jackets and carrying brightly wrapped packages. A plane is taking off/touching down...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Marine Corps M-1955 armored vest, or Armor, Body, Fragmentation Protective; Upper Torso (W/Collar, M-1955), aka "flak jacket". Used by the Marine Corps in Vietnam, the M-1955 weighs about 10 pounds. This model replaced...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s-World War II large silver-plated DC-3 pin. The pin is shaped like a DC-3 in diagonal flight and shows small details, such as windows. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-World War II. SIZE: 2" height and 2-15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

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 /...