Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare 1930 National Air Races wing badge of banker Earle H. Reynolds. Any early National Air Races artifacts are rare, but this is unique, to the banker who helped finance the event.  VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 3" in width x...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1932 National Air Races at Cleveland participant's medal. The medal shows a two winged pilot's heads, two airplanes and a tower and reads NATIONAL AIR RACES 1932 MERITORIOUS PARTICIPATION AWARD. Reverse of medal reads HAPPY...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1947 National Air Races at Cleveland usher badge. The pin shows a racing aircraft and reads NATIONAL AIR RACES CLEVELAND SEPT. 4 - 5 - 6 USHER 68. VINTAGE: Circa 1947. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4" in height x 1-3/4" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is an exhibitor badge for the 1938 Chicago International Air Show, which took place from January 28 - February 6 at the International Amphitheatre. The badge bears the name of M.K. Hutchinson, who apparently had a hand in hosting the US...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare 1912 Gordon Bennett Race subscription badge for the Chicago Air Meet. The Gordon Bennett is the oldest and most prestigious aeronautic race in the world, which began in 1906 in France. The badge reads CHICAGO 1912...

ARTIFACT: Great 1935 National Air Races at Cleveland, Ohio red, white, and blue celluloid souvenir pin. The pin is round, showing a winged pilot's head and reads: "NATIONAL AIR RACES AUG. 30 TO SEPT. 2 CLEVELAND" and the very base reads: "COMPLIMENTS THE...

ARTIFACT: This is a silver second place Charles E. Thompson Trophy plaque awarded to pilot Earl Ortman at the 1936 National Air Races held at Mines Field in Los Angeles, California. The Thompson Trophy race was held annually from 1929 until 1938 only...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1939 Howie Wing wing badge distributed by Kellogg's. Howie Wing was a children's radio show written by a World War I flying reservist that debuted in 193The success of the show was propagated by the multitude of gimmicks and...

ARTIFACT: Great period (1928) Promotional Book for the movie "Hell's Angels" produced by Howard Hughes and featuring Jean Harlow. The book features a gilt and black cover and reads: "HELL'S ANGELS" along the bottom. This digest size, hardcover booklet...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s lapel pin for thirty years of membership with the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. A member's longevity...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s member lapel pin for the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. The union includes members working in the railway...

ARTIFACT: This is a lapel pin for the Air Lines Pilot Association, which formed in 1931 to represent the interests of both Canadian and American airlines. The pin is a petite wing with a globe at its center reading ALPA. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940's...