Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II aircraft factory worker shop-made P-51 fighter pin in silver. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-5/8” height and 15/16” width. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Silver. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin. MARKINGS:...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Beechcraft Aviation Disney-design patch. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 3-1/2" in width by 5-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Hamilton Propellers Mechanic School overseas cap patch as worn by members of the United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy. Hamilton Standard Propellers was created by the merger of Hamilton Aero Manufacturing...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930’s - 1940’s Chance Vought Aircraft Corp. Three Years of Service lapel pin by Balfour. Founded in 1917 under the name, The Lewis and Vought Corporation the name soon changed to Chance Vought Corporation in 1922 upon Lewis’ retirement...

ARTIFACT: This is a stunning, large and heavy sterling silver and enamel Martin B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft badge from World War II. Dubbed the ‘Widowmaker’ due to its high accident rate, the Marauder was made by the Glenn L. Martin Company and was...

SUBJECT: This is a Rare World War II Dale Aero Flight Academy Pilot Instructor Jacket Patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 4" in width by 4-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Paint on wool felt. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-World War II Wright Aero Corporation member dues celluloid pin from September 1941. Wright Aero was the aircraft engine manufacturing division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The pin is by Bastian Brothers of Rochester, New...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of the “Cessna Air Crafter 1942”, a yearbook published by the Cessna Employees Club of Wichita, Kansas. Cessna has been producing aircraft since 1927. The book has many black and white and some colorized photographs (some...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare 1940 Pratt & Whitney bronze table medal from the East Hartford Plant Expansion. The handsome table medal features a piece of Duralumin bezel set into the top center and below it reads: “THIS PIECE OF DURALUMIN IS FROM THE FIRST...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II employee tool check from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. In addition to Boeing, Wichita was an early home base to other aircraft and aviation-related companies, including Raytheon and Cessna, earning it the nickname...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II Consolidated Vultee Air Transport Command jacket patch. This patch came to us with some other items from the estate of Wally Johnson, an ATC radio operator (pictured above). Please click on the links at the bottom...

SUBJECT: This is a World War II “Vultee Club” celluloid pin. The pin is in a powder blue with white lettering and has a distinctly Art Deco motif. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 7/8” in diameter...