Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great enameled lapel pin for Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation from the early 1930s. Curtiss-Wright closed out World War II with the distinction of producing the most aircraft of any other American company. The pin is a petite wing...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool 1930s worker badge for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Airplane Division in Buffalo, New York. Curtiss-Wright began in 1929 when Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of Buffalo, New York, and Wright Aeronautical of Dayton, Ohio...

ARTIFACT: This is a great enameled lapel pin for Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation from the early 1930s. Curtiss-Wright closed out World War II with the distinction of producing the most aircraft of any other American company. The pin is a petite wing...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1935 pin Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 souvenir pin in nickel-plated brass. The airship "Graf Zeppelin" was named after the Germany's airship pioneer, Count (Graf) Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The ship flew passenger flights starting in 1928...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1957 American Legion National Air Mail Roundup award wing. Originally termed the Aerial Roundup starting in 1933, the Legion's Air Mail Roundup was renamed in 1950, and was the method of membership card collection from around...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of private purchase World War II aviator sunglasses. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/4" in length and in 5-3/8" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Tinted glass, plated brass, celluloid nose guards...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s pocket patch for the Grumman F-14 "Tomcat" TVSU (Television Sensing Unit). This patch was used by both the United States Navy and Grumman factory test pilots. The patch shows an eye much like the CBS "Eye" with a Tomcat...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II instructor badge for the Naval Training School (Pre-Radio) at the Theodore Herzl School in Chicago, Illinois. From April 1944 to December 1945, the former elementary and then junior college rose to the wartime effort by...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare pair of Willson goggles for the United States Navy from the 1930s. They come in the original rectangular black case, which has a Willson label at one end and also one lining the interior. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 2-1/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare USS Akron (Goodyear Zeppelin) ring laying ceremony commemorative medal from October 31, 1929 in Akron, Ohio. Built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company, the United States Navy USS Akron (ZRS-4) was the largest airship ever made...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1950s United States Navy Douglas F4D Skyray pilot qualification lapel pin. The pin is in the shape of the Skyray and has some very fine detailing. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 3/8" height and 11/16" width. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1930s lapel pin for the United States Navy's SB2U Vought Vindicator. This pin is the only one I've seen of its kind. The vindicator was a dive-bomber utilized in conjunction with aircraft carriers, namely the USS Lexington,...