Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa late 1950s stewardess hat badge 3rd issue Type IV for Bonanza Airlines (BAL). The badge is gold-filled and has a maker mark on reverse. Bonanza was started in 1945 by a trio including an ex-USN Lieutenant Commander, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa mid- to late 1950s captain wing 2nd issue for Allegheny Airlines. Previously known as All American Airways, Allegheny operated out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1952 until 1979, when it changed its name to US Air. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 captain wing in sterling silver by Balfour for California Central Airlines (CCA). The wing is an early one for CCA, as the company was founded in 1947 but did not start flying until 194The carrier went out of business in...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and rare circa 1950 first officer wing 2nd issue for Bonanza Airlines (BAL) by O.C. Tanner of Salt Lake City, Utah. The wing comes on its original card and manufacturer's stamped envelope. Bonanza was started in 1945 by a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 2nd issue hat badge for Flying Tiger Line, which began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and was later a military charter outfit until 198The badge is a wing with a blue and red center showing a...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful early celluloid pin apparently given out to early passenger at the San Diego, California Airport. It shows a very early tri-motor aircraft at center. It is truly an early piece of civilian aviation and airline memorabilia...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver one year of service pin for Texas International Airlines. One half of the pin looks like a capital A with a star at its middle while the other side tapers off into a wave shape. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s-1980s...

ARTIFACT: This is a gold-filled circa 1970s-1980s five years of service pin for Texas International Airlines. One half of the pin looks like a capital A with a star at its middle while the other side tapers off into a wave shape. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1960s uniform patch for Piedmont Airlines. The patch is a circle half in white and half in blue with a red and white striped wing jutting out past the edge at an angle. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a Flying Tigers Airlines uniform patch from the 1970s. Flying Tigers Airlines, originally the Flying Tiger Line, began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and later became military charter outfit until 198The...

E-mail or call for more information. SUBJECT: This is a lapel pin for Arrow Air, a company begun in 1947 by George Batchelor, an entrepreneur with some Native American lineage. The pin shows a red capital A encircled by a slender golden ring at...

ARTIFACT: This is a 10 karat gold lapel pin for five years of service with the Flying Tiger Line, which began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and was later a military charter outfit until 198The pin shows a ruby chip beneath...