Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Unusual Early Balloon Insignia with MONTGOLFIER on the Badge - Similer to  World War I Austrian Collar Insignia. VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: Approximately 1" X 5/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass ATTACHMENT: 2...

ARTIFACT: This is an Extremely Rare Circa 1918 Curtiss Flying School Lapel Pin for a Graduate or an Instructor. The Curtiss Flying School was started by Glenn Curtiss to compete against the Wright Flying School l of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful Early 1920's 27th Division Aviation Section 10K Gold Enameled Lapel Pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in height and 5/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10k Gold ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of private purchase World War II aviator sunglasses. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 4-3/8" in length (arm) and 5-9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Tinted glass, plated brass, celluloid nose guards and...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1930 United States Air Mail pilot wing in rolled gold. The center of the finely detailed wing is a globe reading U.S. AIR MAIL. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in height and 3-1/2" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Nashville Flying Service Air Mail lot that contains three black and white photographs (one signed on reverse by Jim Foxworth), a 1938 certificate of pilot cooperation addressed to D.T. Ford from the Postmaster General, a...

ARTIFACT: This is a great commissioner's badge for the Michigan Department of Aeronautics from the Golden Age of Aviation. The badge is by Weyhing Brothers of Detroit and is in gilt sterling silver. It resembles a police badge with the Michigan state...

ARTIFACT: This is a great enameled chairman's badge for the Illinois Aeronautics Commission from the Golden Age of Aviation. The badge resembles a sheriff's badge and shows the Illinois state seal at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1930s Czech Republic MLL (Masaryk Air League) glider badge 2nd Class. MLL was named for Tom‡ Garrigue Masaryk, champion of Czech independence and the first Czechoslovakian president. Some MLL members flew with the British...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare circa 1930s Italian Air Force "Atlantic" pilot award wing. Only 55 of these wings were manufactured, and they were presented to the pilots who made a successful round-trip transAtlantic flight while accompanying Air Marshal...

ARTIFACT: This badge is from the air rally of the Paris World Exposition in 1937. VINTAGE: Circa 1937. SIZE: About 1 " wide and 7/8 in height. The catch on the back is " tall. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass and enamel. ATTACHMENT: Locking...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1910-1912 French aviation industries bronze table medal. The face is divided into three parts, one showing a bi-plane, one showing a winged figure and one showing an airship. It reads NAVIGATION AERIENNE (aerial...