Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II instructor badge for the Naval Training School (Pre-Radio) at the Theodore Herzl School in Chicago, Illinois. From April 1944 to December 1945, the former elementary and then junior college rose to the wartime effort by...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare pair of Willson goggles for the United States Navy from the 1930s. They come in the original rectangular black case, which has a Willson label at one end and also one lining the interior. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 2-1/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce pair of circa 1930s MK1 style aviator goggles The MK1 was favored by United States Navy pilots as well as pre-war military aviators. The lenses are blue and the rubber is still in great condition! VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II trainee photograph of the Civilian Pilot Training Instruction from the United States Navy V-5 aviation cadet program. The program was an immediate immersion in flight, starting with mastery of a civilian aircraft...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified enameled lapel pin, possibly for the Wichita Aero Club. The pin reads "WAC" at center in red and green enamel. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s (?). SIZE: Approximately 3/8" in height and 7/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...