Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War II badge for French aviation cadets training in the United States. The badge is for the Centre de Formation du Personnel Navigant en AmŽrique (CFPNA), or Training Centre of Cabin Crew in America, which was formed...

ARTIFACT: Great late 1930's Christmas Card with Civilian Air Transport theme. The front of the card is vibrantly colored and shows passengers boarding dressed in winter jackets and carrying brightly wrapped packages. A plane is taking off/touching down...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 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 reads QB at its...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 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 reads QB at its...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of the 1919 "Aircraft Year Book" issued by the Manufacturers' Aircraft Association Inc. with some great photogrpahy and a lot of information on aircraft manufacturers and other topics. The book is signed inside by its...