Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and rare circa early 1950s captain wing from Trans World Airlines, which began in 1930 when Transcontinental Air Transport merged with Western Air Express. The gold-filled wing is by Balfour, with a Native American man's...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1920s Ð early 1930s agent badge for Western Air Express by the American Pacific Stamp Company. Western began in 1926 and merged with Transcontinental to become TWA in 1930. The badge shows a Native American man's head at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1920s badge for Western Air Express Operations (ground crew), and is in excellent condition. The badge reads OPERATIONS DEPT. WESTERN EXPRESS AIR 158 and shows a propeller, Native American head and an arrow at center...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s lapel pin for Western Air Express. The pin shows a slender arrow and a Native American head at center with WAE on his headdress band. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 1/8" height and 3/4" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1930s TWA "Half Million Miles" lapel pin. The pin is in a rounded triangle shape with a red and blue enameled logo framed by fluting. A delicate cut-out framed area and three ruby chips complete the pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a Trans World Airlines (TWA) lapel pin enameled in red. The design of the pin is the double globe logo, which was used starting in 1962. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" in length and 9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s TWA Stratoliner lapel pin. Boeing only made ten Stratoliners, the first fully pressurized airliners, and the first of five total was flown by TWA in July 1940. The pin is shaped like a Stratoliner and reads TWA on either wing...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s TWA Constellation lapel pin. The pin is in the shape of that four-engine plane engineered by Lockheed and reads TWA on its left wing.. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in height and 1-1/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1940s lapel pin for Western Air Lines (WAL). Western began in 1926 as Western Air Express and merged with Transcontinental to become TWA in 1930. At this time, a portion of the company called Western Air Transport broke...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s Western Airlines five years of service lapel pin in 10 karat gold with a ruby chip. Western began in 1926 as Western Air Express and merged with Transcontinental to become TWA in 1930. At this time, a portion of the company...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1952 perpetual calendar for Western Air Lines. The cover plate reads IN THE WEST FLY WESTERN AIR LINES AMERICA'S OLDEST AIRLINE in red, and the words are partially bordered by a rope design. There is also a Native American...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s airplane pin for Trans World Airlines. The pin would have been sold in the airport gift shop as jewelry and has a semi-precious stone chip at the end of each wing, both green. The pin was probably meant to have a red stone in...