Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s American Airlines baggage label in red, white and blue, advertising "New Reduced Fares... Save". VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: About 2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Printed paper. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: None...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified, unusual 1930's-40's-50's (?) Airline Badge? (Pan-Am?) for Inflight Nursery Midway. Badge pin is in the shape of a tied bow, dangling from which is a round disc, the center depicts the Statue of Liberty above her reads:...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare and very cool 1930's Aerial Nurse Corps of America Flight Nurse uniform jacket with wing and shoulder patch. The uniform wing reads "NURSE" and the patch shows a red, embroidered plane in the center, along the top it reads "DIV"...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Civilian Air Transport Command navigation wing. Wing is a globe with one wing off to the side. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 2-1/8" wing. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Copper. ATTACHMENT: Diagonal pin with...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1960s United States Air Force Douglas B-66B (Destroyer) aircraft jacket patch. The B-66B bomber was available from 1956 until its retirement in 197The patch is Japanese-made and contains a spelling error: DOUGLAS is spelled...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Polaris Flight Academy Squadron 3 instructor jacket patch. The Polaris Flight Academy at War Eagle Field, Lancaster, California was a flight training facility operated by the Cal-Aero Flight Academy. The Civilian Pilot...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory (or privately jeweler) engraved lighter with the star logo of Hughes Aircraft Company and in Asian Script "e;Far East."e; Probably used by a tech rep during the Korean War. VINTAGE: Circa Early 1950's. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1930 sterling "China Clipper" Seaplane St. Christopher medal with the aircraft in the shape of the cross. The center of the cockpit area of the craft displays nice relief detail showing St. Christopher. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified, unusual circa 1950 (?) United States Air Force (?) Helicopter patch or 'tape' for flight clothing. The patch is red twill embroidered with the word: "HELICOPTER" in white thread. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War II Civilian Air Transport Command (ATC) flight crew uniform shoulder patch. During the war, commercial airlines and their civilian workers continued working while satisfying a vital part of the USAAF's immense...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s or early 1960s United States Air Force pilot qualification badge for the F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter in the shape of that aircraft. The United States Air Force flew the supersonic F-100 from 1954 until 1971...

ARTIFACT: Early circa 1943 Boeing B-29 Super Fortress lapel pin in gilt and enameled sterling silver. The example is dated early 1943 as indicated by the aircraft marking. Earlier markings included a red circle within the star, this example shows the red...