Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1930s Czech Republic MLL (Masaryk Air League) member lapel stick pin. The MLL was named for TomᚠGarrigue Masaryk, champion of Czech independence and the first Czechoslovakian president. Some MLL members flew with the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 Evans lighter with a factory-applied insignia for the United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which existed from 1915 until 1958.NACA became NASA in 1958. VINTAGE: Circa 1945. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1955 attendee badge for the National Aircraft Show, which happened at the Philadelphia International Airport during the first week of September that year. It was worn by F. R. Prill, a North American Aviation project engineer...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1938 National Air Races Concession badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1938. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width x 2-13/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, plastic and printed paper. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal safety-style pin with open...

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...