Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a unique fighter aircraft pin fashioned from a collar disk. The vertical form of the flying plane is superimposed upon the flat, round disk, VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-3/16" x 1-1/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Oklahoma City Air Depot Guard patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 5-3/4" in width by 2-7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on twill. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s National Aeronautic Association (NAA) Academy of Model Aeronautics lapel pin by Balfour Company. The AMA is an associate member of the National Aeronautic Association of the United States (NAA) and is the official body for model...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Liberty Motor League member pin. The pin shows the silhouette of a plane and reads UNITED STATES LIBERTY MOTOR LEAGUE MEMBER. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 7/8" diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1931 Beverly, Massachusetts Legion air meet celluloid pin. The pin reads BEVERLY LEGION July 3-4-5 1931 AIR MEET and shows an airplane with two stars on its wings. VINTAGE: Circa 1931. SIZE: 1" diameter CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 Dayton, Ohio aviation celluloid pin. The pin reads FLY TO DAYTON and shows an airplane over the city's skyline. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: 1-3/4" diameter CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid with tin backing and...

ARTIFACT: This is an attendee badge from a May 1930 National Airport Conference at Buffalo, New York. The badge is round and has a slot for the name and hometown of the attendee, CHAS. W. SHORT TULSA OKLA. The badge reads NATIONAL AIRPORT CONFERENCE,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1st annual 1919 Aeronautical Exposition in New York medal. The medal reads FIRST ANNUAL AERONAUTICAL EXPOSITION NEW YORK MARCH 1-15, 1919 and shows the Statue of Liberty, airplanes and a winged insignia. The medal hangs from a red,...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare Wright Flyer celluloid pin from the 1910 Brockton Massachusetts Fair. The pin reads BROCKTON FAIR OCT. 4-5-6-7-1910 and shows a Wright flyer. VINTAGE: Circa 1910. SIZE: 1-1/4" diameter CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid...

ARTIFACT: Fourth Edition, 1974 Veteran and Vintage Aircraft compiled by Leslie Hunt. "The world's preserved aircraft ??? where they are ??? what they look like ??? who owns them". The book was published by The Garnstone Press Limited and...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1943 What's That Plane: How to Identify American and Jap Airplanes by Walter Pitkin, Jr., a Penguin Book printed for the Infantry Journal. The soft cover of the Second Edition printing shows a group of Republic "Thunderbolts"...

ARTIFACT: This is a first edition hardcover copy of the "Aircraft of the World: Recognition Book". The book was published in London in the 1930s by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. It is a "pocket" size, but far too thick to fit in...