Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s TWA Ambassador luggage tag. The tag belonged to G.A. Parker of Mission, Kansas. VINTAGE: Circa mid-1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-7/8" in length and 3-9/16" in width; chain is 7-3/4" length in total. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s airplane pin for Trans World Airlines. The pin would have been sold in the airport gift shop as jewelry and has a semi-precious stone chip at the end of each wing, one in red and one in green. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver TWA Stratoliner Club member medal by Balfour. Boeing only made ten Stratoliners, the first fully pressurized airliners, and the first of five total was flown by TWA in July 1940. Both sides of the medal show the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s belt buckle for TWA by Hickok. The buckle shows the TWA logo engraved on the front and reads THE TRANSCONTINENTAL AIRLINE in a script style. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 1-7/16" height and 1-1/16" width and 3/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Capital Airlines pilot shirt wing. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: About 2-7/8" in width by 3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Double screw posts. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1950s Capital Airlines cap badge, which originally belonged to Kermit R. Steinbeck. Steinbeck stayed on for a few decades with United Airlines after its 1961 merger with Capital (please see our United Airlines section for more...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Capital Airlines ground staff half wing, worn by employees such as agents. At the center of the wing is a bird-turned-airplane flying beneath five stars. The original lettering would have been in gold. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Capital Airlines pilot jacket wing that shows a bird-turned-plane and five stars at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" height and 3-5/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a Capital Airlines badge that originally belonged to Kermit R. Steinbeck. Steinbeck stayed on for a few decades with United Airlines after its 1961 merger with Capital (please see our United Airlines section for more items owned by...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1940s Pennsylvania Central Airlines "The Capital Airline" Pilot wing in gilt sterling silver by Balfour. VINTAGE: Circa early 1940s. SIZE: About 3-9/16" in width by 15/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1940s Pennsylvania Central Airlines "The Capital Airline" pilot wing in sterling by Balfour. VINTAGE: Circa early 1940s. SIZE: About 3-9/16" in width by 15/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce early 1930s station manager wing for Pennsylvania Central Airlines, which existed from 1936 to 1948, when it was absorbed into Capital Airlines. The wing has a keystone at its center to identify with the "Keystone...