Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s agent hat badge from Trans World Airlines, which began in 1930 when Transcontinental Air Transport merged with Western Air Express. The badge is similar to the ground crew hat badge of this period, although it is not in...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1950s pilot hat badge for Western Airlines, which began in 1926 as Western Air Express and later merged with Transcontinental to become TWA in 1930. At this time, a portion of the company called Western Air Transport broke away,...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1950 ??? 1955 Trans-World Airlines (TWA) Stewardess wing, 1st Issue, Type 2 in sterling silver by Balfour. The half wing is a disc that features a detailed and raised image of an aircraft with the letters: "TWA" along the...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa early 1950s agent badge, 2nd type for TWA (Trans World Airlines). This badge is in enameled sterling silver and was made by Balfour. The 2nd type badge does not have an arrow beneath the lettering. VINTAGE: Circa early...

ARTIFACT: This is a gorgeous circa late 1940s flight engineer wing from Trans World Airlines, which began in 1930 when Transcontinental Air Transport merged with Western Air Express. The wing is gold-filled and has great details, with the letters TWA at...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early World War II Transcontinental & Western Air Inc. (TWA) pilot's cap badge. Because the badge is cast white metal painted gold, it was probably made in the early World War II period before the government absorbed the...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa late 1940s Trans World Airlines (TWA) purser wing. The wing is in gilt brass and shows an aircraft flying over the letters TWA, which sit upon the shaft of an arrow. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare, Indian-made TWA wing of ATC Pilot G. C. Toop. Made in theater to quickly identify Toop's original airline. This wing was made in India while he was serving with the ATC (the organization run by the US Government when it...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1946 Trans World Airlines Captain Wing of Capt. George Cole Toop. Wing displays exquisite engraving and details, the wing reads: "TRANS WORLD AIRLINE" below a star encircled by a wreath. The center plate depicts a...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and scarce circa early 1940's stewardess wing 2nd issue, Type I for Western Air Lines. Western began in 1926 as Western Air Express and merged with Transcontinental to become TWA in 1930. At this time, a portion of the...

ARTIFACT: Mid-1930's TWA Pilot hat badge of then First-Officer George Cole Toop. This is a Type I badge depicting an ornate feather-dressed Indian head, below reads: "TRANSCONTINENTAL WESTERN AIR INC." Below are links to additional pieces in the...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa 1934 pilot wing for General Air Lines, a temporary incarnation of Western Air Express (WAE). WAE had operated in its own right since 1925, and experienced a forced merger with Transcontinental five years later...