Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

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...

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...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1920s member lapel wing for the Fort Worth Aero Club of Texas. The wing's center is enameled in blue and bears the letters FWAC. VINTAGE: Circa late 1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 member lapel pin for the Fort Worth Aero Club of Texas. The pin is by Balfour, and shows a very Deco wing jutting up from the blue enameled letters FWAC...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 member lapel pin for the Fort Worth Aero Club of Texas. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 9/32" in width by 5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1939 Work Projects Administration worker badge for the crew at North Beach Airport in New York. The crew undertook the modernization of the small airport, Christened as...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful souvenir plaque for the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin around-the-world flight (weltflug) in August 192The trip was urged on by tycoon William Randolph Hearst, and the airship...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s-World War II large silver-plated DC-3 pin. The pin is shaped like a DC-3 in diagonal flight and shows small details, such as windows. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s celluloid pilot badge for Rhode Island State Airport. Built in 1931 in Warwick, the airport was the first in the nations to be first state-owned and operated. The badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare souvenir pin from 1st Stratospheric Balloon flight in 1934. VINTAGE: Circa 1934. SIZE: About 1/2" in width by 1-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s French aviation cigarette case. One cover shows France in relation to its neighboring countries, and the other side shows France on her own with all of her largest...