Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s-1930s lapel wing from Roosevelt Field, New York, Lindbergh's departure site on his solo flight to Paris in 192The wing shows an R against a field of black at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great D-LZ129 Hindenburg pennant for the craft's visit to Lakehurst, New Jersey, the same year that the Olympics were held in Germany. The rings on the zeppelin were only used during this year. This is also notably the year before the...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "The Story of the Airship (Non-Rigid): A Study of One of America's Lesser Known Defense Weapons", by Hugh Allen. It was dedicated to United States Navy Admiral W.A. Moffett, and has some great blimp photographs. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Army Air Forces Air Gunnery School wing patch. The patch was meant for the flight training students' overseas caps. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in height by 4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s lapel wing for the Jordan Marsh-Boston Traveler Junior Aviation League (JAL). Formed in 1929 by Boston-based department store Jordan-Marsh and the Boston Traveler newspaper, the JAL was a boys' and girls' club meant to...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s aviation lapel pin. The pin is in 10 karat gold and shows a winged propeller at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 5/16" in height and 11/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10 karat gold...

ARTIFACT: This hat is extremely rare. Graf Zeppelin Officer/Pilot hats show up on rare occasion, but I have never seen crew members hats. We have one hat listed with tails, and one without (both sold separately). The Graf Zeppelin was LZ 127 Graf...

ARTIFACT: This hat is extremely rare. Graf Zeppelin Officer/Pilot hats show up on rare occasion, but I have never seen crew members hats. We have one hat listed with tails, and one without (both sold separately). The Graf Zeppelin was LZ 127 Graf...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s flight suit and goggles attributed to a Charles Lindbergh contemporary and friend, Philip Love. Love flew mail from St. Louis to Chicago in the 1920s and early 1930s for Robinson Airlines, as documented in an accompanying...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful framed circa 1920s photograph of a biplane with the tail numbers NC704N: this particular craft was a Spartan C3-16The photo is from Framingham, Massachusetts and was hand-tinted in soft pastel hues. The frame is nicely...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid-1930s lapel pin for the Women's International Association of Aeronautics (WIAA). Founded by Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen, one of Los Angeles' first female pilots, the WIAA was not only an aviation association but also an...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered World War I aircraft factory worker badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The pin reads AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL SERVICE US ARMY NAVY and shows a propeller at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 5/8" height and 1" width...