Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Casey Jones School of Aeronautics patch. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 7-3/4 in width by 3-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on wool felt. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s-1930s stick pin for Avro, or the A. V. Roe & Company, an early aircraft manufacturer in the United Kingdom. Begun in 1910, Avro built airplanes and joined with Hawker Siddeley a quarter of a century later. The company, best...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1929 Fokker Aircraft Corporation high Deco design paperweight in brass and copper. Fokker, a Dutch aircraft company, came into being in 1912, and was dominating the world aircraft market by the 1920s. The base of the paperweight...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s - World War II Goodyear Aircraft Corporation worker badge. The badge is round and reads GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT A-B 376 135 CORPORATION. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s - World War II. SIZE: 1-3/4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plastic...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s employee badge by Whitehead & Hoag for Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporation of Farmingdale, New York. Sherman Fairchild, the corporation's founder, was rejected by the Army for World War I service because of his...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II Curtiss-Wright Propellers Division Merit Award badge by W. H. & Co. The badge is round with a propeller at center and a curved banner at bottom reading WAR PRODUCTION DRIVE. VINTAGE: Circa early World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1930s lapel pin from Boeing's 307 Stratoliner factory. The 307's pioneering feature was its pressurized cabin, the first in any commercial transport craft, allowing increased cruising altitudes. Boeing was founded in 1916 out of...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare and early service pin for Beechcraft, an aircraft manufacturer begun by a Kansas husband and wife team in 193The pin is a delicately encircled red cursive B with one wing. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 3/8" height and 13/16"...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous and rare 1930's Douglas (Aircraft) Athletic Club lapel pin. The 10K gold pin shows a winged, 'muscle' man in the center against a dark blue enameled background that reads: "DOUGLAS A C". The reverse shows the engraved initials "R.W.E."...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa WWI - early 1920s worker badge for the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company, founded by early aviator Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss Aeroplane and Curtiss Motor Company had both been independent companies in the 1910s, and they merged in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid-1920s worker badge for the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company, founded by early aviator Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss Aeroplane and Curtiss Motor Company had both been independent companies in the 1910s, and they merged in 191This...

ARTIFACT: This is a theatre-made Douglas Middle East technical representative or company pilot wing. The wing reads DOUGLAS MIDDLE EAST and shows aircraft flying over the globe at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-1/8" height and 3-5/16"...