Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s lapel pin for the Women's National Aviation Association (WNAA). The pin is by Goldman's and is a winged propeller. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 9/16" in height and 1-3/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1920s aeroplane model contest medal awarded by the Fall River (Massachusetts) Herald News. The octagonal medallion in hand-engraved and shows a model in flight. It hangs from a navy blue ribbon and was made by Robbins...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s lapel wing for the Air Cadets of America (ACA), a group begun in 1932 by the American Legion. In an era when preparatory civilian pilot training was already implemented abroad, especially in Germany, the ACA aimed to...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s Van Dam 'Round the World Club flier member celluloid badge. The 'Round the World Club was based at W-O-O-D radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The badge is by St. Louis Button Company Manufacturers and was given...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s member lapel wing for the Wildwood Aero Club of Wildwood, New Jersey, now home to a United States Naval Air Station. The wing has a nice coppery finish. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in width and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Sky Roads Flying Cadet Tin Lithograph pin. Skyroads was a cartoon penned by two World War I pilots that debuted in 1929, and the flying club grew out of the strip's popularity the next year. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 member wing pin for the Sky Roads Flying Club, for a member who had achieved he rank of Major in the club. Skyroads was a cartoon penned by two World War I pilots that debuted in 1929, and the flying club grew out of...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early to mid-1930s sterling silver lapel pin for the Quiet Birdmen, a secret society for male aviators. The club was founded in 1921 in New York City by a handful of World War I veteran pilots. The pin is enameled in blue and...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1930s or 1940s sterling silver lapel pin for the Quiet Birdmen, a secret society for male aviators. The club was founded in 1921 in New York City by a handful of World War I veteran pilots. The pin is enameled in blue and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s lapel pin for the University of Michigan Flying Club (now known as the Michigan Flyers). In 1929 the group participated in the first-ever National Intercollegiate Flying Association. The small wing has a black enameled...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1930s or 1940s sterling silver lapel pin for the Quiet Birdmen, a secret society for male aviators. The club was founded in 1921 in New York City by a handful of World War I veteran pilots. The pin is enameled in blue and reads...

ARTIFACT: This is a great pre-World War I, circa 1912 - 1915, photograph of a pilot and passenger preparing to take off in a Curtiss seaplane. Glenn Curtiss was known as the American pioneer in the field of hydro-aviation and is responsible for training...