Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Bell Aircraft Plant Police hat and breast badge set. A prolific aircraft manufacturer, Bell became most known for producing the first supersonic aircraft, the Bell X-1. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: Hat badge: About...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1930s Czech Republic MLL (Masaryk Air League) glider badge 2nd Class. MLL was named for Tom‡ Garrigue Masaryk, champion of Czech independence and the first Czechoslovakian president. Some MLL members flew with the British...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare circa 1930s Italian Air Force "Atlantic" pilot award wing. Only 55 of these wings were manufactured, and they were presented to the pilots who made a successful round-trip transAtlantic flight while accompanying Air Marshal...

ARTIFACT: This badge is from the air rally of the Paris World Exposition in 1937. VINTAGE: Circa 1937. SIZE: About 1 " wide and 7/8 in height. The catch on the back is " tall. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass and enamel. ATTACHMENT: Locking...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1910-1912 French aviation industries bronze table medal. The face is divided into three parts, one showing a bi-plane, one showing a winged figure and one showing an airship. It reads NAVIGATION AERIENNE (aerial...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War II badge for French aviation cadets training in the United States. The badge is for the Centre de Formation du Personnel Navigant en AmŽrique (CFPNA), or Training Centre of Cabin Crew in America, which was formed...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II collar insignia for the Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions for the United States Army Air Forces American...

ARTIFACT: This is a great late 1960s promotional lighter by Penguin for Flying Tigers Airlines. Flying Tigers Airlines, originally the Flying Tiger Line, began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and later became military charter...

E-mail or call for more information. SUBJECT: This is a 1929 National Air Races Contestant badge and dog tags of C.F. Wachsmuth of the 20th Bomb Squadron. VINTAGE: Circa 1929. SIZE: Badge: about 2-1/4" in diameter; dog tags: about 1-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a postal cover from the 1930 New England Air Tour, Dedication & Air Races held May 30th through June 1st at Bowles Airport in Agawam, Massachusetts. The cover states that it was flown on the tour with the Springfield Massachusetts...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1929 National Air Races at Cleveland token. The token shows a winged crest and airplanes and reads NATIONAL AIR RACES AND AERONAUTICAL EXPOSITION CLEVELAND, O AUG. 24 TO SEPT. 2 192Reverse of token reads OFFICIAL SOUVENIR OF THE AIR...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1929 National Air Races at Cleveland lapel wing. The wing is a winged crest and reads NATIONAL AIR RACES CLEVELAND. VINTAGE: 1929 SIZE: 1-1/4" wing. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with paint...