Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s wing for Olympic Airways, which started in 1957, changed its name to Olympic Airlines around 2004 and flew through 200The wing has a shield at its center divided on the diagonal into one blue and one white panel and reads OA...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) cap badge that was made in Montreal by Scully Limited. TCA flew from 1937 to 1965 when it changed its name to Air Canada. The badge is a detailed maple leaf bearing a silver-plated...

ARTIFACT: This is a wing for Canadian Pacific Air Lines, which operated from 1942 to 198The wing is very streamlined and has a blue crest at center reading CPA. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" height and 3-9/16" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful 1945-1950 West Africa Aviation Company pilot wing by J.R. Gaunt. VINTAGE: Circa 1945-1950. SIZE: About 2-7/8" in width by 11/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with enamel details...

ARTIFACT: This is a hat badge for Air India, a company established in 1932 as Tata Airlines that changed to its present name in 194The badge is a winged wreath with a star at top, and at center is a fist against blue enamel. VINTAGE: Circa 1946...

ARTIFACT: This is a wing by Scully Ltd. of Montreal for Canadian Pacific Air Lines, which operated from 1942 to 198The wing is very streamlined and has a blue crest at center reading CPA. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1946-1947 wing for the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). The wing shows a shield with three flags, one each from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and an arial-style lettering which helps to date the wing. SAS is now known as...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s pilot wing enameled in red for the New Zealand National Airways Corporation. From 1947 to 1978, NAC was New Zealand's national airline. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in height and 3" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a lapel or hat wing for the New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) enameled in red. From 1947 to 1978, NAC was New Zealand's national airline. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 7/16" height and 1-1/2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s National Airways Corporation (NAC) of New Zealand cap badge. From 1947 to 1978, NAC was New Zealand's national airline. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: About 3-1/2" in width by 1-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is the first Japan Air Lines (JAL) employee lapel badge in unmarked silver. The badge is numbered and has characters on its reverse, and the logo design is a clever juxtaposition of the letters J A L resembling the oncoming nose of an...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1920s lapel pin for Germany's Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH airline. The airline flew only briefly from 1926, when it was set up as a supplement to Germany's primary carrier, Deutsche Luft Hansa AG-DLH, until 193The pin...