National Air Races & Related Events Artifacts

E-mail or call for more information. SUBJECT: This is a 1934 3rd Annual Annette Gipson All-Women Air Race Guest tag. VINTAGE: Circa 1934. SIZE: About 3-5/8" in width by 3-9/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Printed card stock...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early Third Reich aviation meet badge from a 1934 event in Hamburg for the DLV (Deutsches Luft Verband), the Civil Aviation branch of the Nazi Party. This badge was made in the pre-WWII years when the DLV was secretly training...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early Third Reich aviation meet badge from a 1934 event in Hamburg for the DLV (Deutsches Luft Verband), the Civil Aviation branch of the Nazi Party. This badge was made in the pre-WWII years when the DLV was secretly training...

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...

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:...

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...