UNITED STATES Based Airline Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s Air West hat badge. Three companies merged in early 1968 to form Air West, and two years later it became Hughes Airwest thanks to Howard Hughes. The badge has a very geometric wing design. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare Northwest Air Service (NAS) pilot wing used only in 192The wing reads NAS SEATTLE at center.This is extremely rare and the very last wing of a very early US Air Line. The line started as Seattle-Victoria Air Mail Line...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s All American Airlines pilot wing. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: About 3" in width by 1-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with enamel. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a come-under locking catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s pilot wing for All American Airlines. The wing shows 3 As superimposed upon a beautifully enameled robin's egg blue and white globe. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: 1-3/16" height and 3" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s Mid-Continent Airlines senior pilot wing. The wing has a star at top (denoting a senior pilot), and reads MID-CONTINENT AIRLINES, showing a winged Native American at center drawing a bow and arrow. Mid-Continent Airlines...

ARTIFACT: This is an Allegheny Airlines captain officer wing second issue. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s. SIZE: About 2-7/8". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling silver. ATTACHMENT: Two posts. MARKINGS: . ITEM NOTES: This is from a large collection...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s wing for an unidentified airline. The wing has two interlocking capital As at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 1-1/16" height and 3-13/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1946 1st Issue Zantop Flying Service pilot wing. The wing shows a federal shield at center with a wreathed "Z" above: it is basically a USAF Command Pilot wing with a Z in the place of the star. The smaller all-black...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s hat badge from Wien Alaska Airlines, begun in 192The badge is a wing with a black and yellow enamel ring encircling a plane flying over Alaska Territory. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: 1-5/16" height and 2-5/8" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950's pilot wing for the United States Overseas Airways USOA. The airline was founded by a dentist, Dr. Ralph Cox who earned his pilot's license flying for the NAVY in WWII. Originally known as Ocean Air Tradeways, Dr...

ARTIFACT: Nice, scarce, circa early 1950's Trans-Alaskan Airlines pilot's hat badge. The patch is embroidered in bullion and silk/polyester threads and depicts a light blue circle with a white mountain peak in the center and a bullion star in the sky,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s captain wing 2nd Issue for Pacific Southwest Airlines, which operated out of California from 1949 until 198The wing is silver-filled. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in height and 3-1/4" in width...