Airlines, Aircraft, & Civil Aviation Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is the last design of the pilot cap badge for Capital Airlines, which merged with United Airlines in 196The badge is a wreathed globe with a bird-turned-plane and five stars. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950's. SIZE: 1-1/2" in height x 2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1940s PCA "The Capital Airline" Pilot Stewardess hat badge. VINTAGE: Circa early 1940s. SIZE: About 2-1/16" in width by 1" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a come-under...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Pennsylvania Central Airlines pilot hat badge 1st Issue. The winged badge shows the letters PCA inside a keystone. The badge has some small areas of damage to the enamel. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early 1930s pilot wing for Pennsylvania Central Airlines (PCA), which existed from 1936 to 1948, when it was absorbed into Capital Airlines. The wing has a central keystone design and wonderfully detailed wings. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 pilot wing for PCA with the keystone design and wonderfully detailed wings. The wing reads PCA. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: 3/4" height and 3-1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare, large and wonderful circa mid-1930s "seat occupied" placard for Trans World Airlines (TWA). A photo of a stewardess wearing her 2nd issue wings on the left-hand end is encircled by the familiar early TWA "circle bar" logo...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950's uniform patch for Capital Airlines. The patch is embroidered on twill and shows a red bird that has assumed the body of an airplane flying beneath five stars. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's. SIZE: Approximately 2-7/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s Capital Airlines 1 year of service pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" in height and 1" in length. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with drop-in locking swivel catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s flight engineer wing 5th issue for Pan Am. The winged globe shows an enameled bar with one star at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in height and 2-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt...

ARTIFACT: This is a Circa 1960 - 1979 Pan American Airways Trainee badge 4th issue by Balfour that reads B. BEROCK and shows a small enameled globe. VINTAGE: Circa 1960 - 1979. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height x 2-3/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a gold-filled 1960s Pan Am Airways pilot wing by Balfour. The slender wings have a globe at their center with a robin's egg blue enamel bar bearing two stars. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately: 2-3/16" in width by 13/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a flight attendant cap badge from Mexicana Airlines (Compania Mexicana Aviacion), the oldest airline in North America with a route piloted in 1929 by Charles Lindbergh. The badge is a half wing with a medallion showing the outline of...