Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa 1947 Viking Air Lines pilot wing and hat badge. Both are in fine condition and made in enameled sterling silver. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's SIZE: Wing: 3/4" in height x 3-1/8 in length, Hat Badge: 1-3/4" in width x...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful 1940's Eastern Air Lines five year service pin. This screwback pin is made in 10K gold with a diamond chip encrusted. VINTAGE: Circa 1940's SIZE: About 1/2" x 7/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Enameled 10K Gold and diamond...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce early 1950's Pan American World Airways Authorized Agent enameled lapel pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's SIZE: About 7/8" x 1/2" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Enameled brass ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with locking drop-in swivel...

ARTIFACT: This is a mid-1960s advertising lighter for Northeast Airlines. The lighter is by Park and has a white and yellow enameled NE logo. VINTAGE: Circa mid-1960s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" height and 1-3/16" in width and 3/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1980s pro-Eastern Airlines union support ribbon. It reads MY HAT IS STILL IN EASTERN'S RING, and shows the "hat-in-the-ring" logo made famous by World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s...

ARTIFACT: This is a lapel pin for the Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association (ALSSA), which formed in 1946 as part of the still active Air Line Pilots Association. ALSSA merged with the all female ALSA in 1949 and then changed its name to...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 lapel pin for the Flight Engineer International Association (FEIA), which was formed in 1948 upon receipt of an international charter from the A.F. of L. The war and all the technological advances that it brought had...

ARTIFACT: This is a great aviator or aviatrix cigarette box with insignia from the 1930s. The top of the box shows a painted propeller with P246 52 engraved on it (possibly a pilot number). Covering the rest of the lid are attached insignia, including...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "DC-3", Weapons Book Number 44 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Arthur Pearcy, this volume deals with the workhorse aircraft by Douglas that...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous sterling silver hat badge for Carey Airport Service Inc., which is still in operation today. The badge shows a pair of wings and an airplane and reads CAREY AIRPORT SERVICES INC. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: 1-3/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1976-1990 flight attendant wing for United Air Lines with the old interlocking double U "tulip" logo at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1976-1990. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height and 2-3/4" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s United Air Lines captain wing. The wing shows a red, white and blue crest at center and four stars at top, three of which have a diamond chips. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in height and 3-3/8" in...