Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an example of an Early Aero Club of America Lapel pin. VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: About 3/4 in width by 3/4" in height CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass. ATTACHMENT: Pin with C catch. MARKINGS: Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark, NJ. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a five years of service pin for McCulloch Motors, makers of chainsaws and aircraft engines. The pin is in 10 karat gold enameled in red and blue with a ruby chip and shows two ducks in flight. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: 5/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s American Motorless Aviation Corporation (AMAC) glider school badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The badge is round and reads AMAC CAPE COD MASS. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s American Motorless Aviation Corporation (AMAC) first class glider badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The badge is round, reads AMAC and shows three gulls in flight. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous WWII Era Wright Aero Corp. 15 year service pin in 14K gold by Whitehead & Hoag. The intricately detailed lapel pin features a two-dimensional globe with a ruby in its center and red enameled wings on either side, surrounding it reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a grouping containing a Curtiss instructor's patch, a Wright Aero Corp. patch and two dated postcards from California and Texas. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Various sizes: Curtiss patch is 5-3/4" height and 7-1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: Scarce WWII Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. Factory patch. Martin Aircraft manufactured both B-26 and B-29 aircrafts. The patch resembles a bullseye in red, white, and blue with a white star in the center that reads: "MARTIN U.S.A...

ARTIFACT: WWII Era Doylestown Air Service license plate topper in near mint, unused condition. The topper is navy blue with golden yellow lettering that reads: "DOYLESTOWN AIR SERVICE STUDENTS - CHARTER - SERVICE DOYLESTOWN, PA." and the top displays the...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (MBA) lapel wing given to personnel who ejected from an aircraft using a Martin-Baker ejection seat: in other words, it is like a Caterpillar pin. My educated guess is that although date-stamped for...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1935 advertising/recruiting brochure for the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute of Aeronautics School. The school was started in 1929 and was headquartered at the Glendale, California Grand Central Air Terminal (the school was...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1957 American Legion National Air Mail Roundup award wing. Originally termed the Aerial Roundup starting in 1933, the Legion's Air Mail Roundup was renamed in 1950, and was the method of membership card collection from around...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of private purchase World War II aviator sunglasses. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/4" in length and in 5-3/8" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Tinted glass, plated brass, celluloid nose guards...