Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1940s PCA "The Capital Airline" Pilot Stewardess hat badge. VINTAGE: Circa early 1940s. SIZE: About 2-1/16" in width by 1" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a come-under...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Pennsylvania Central Airlines pilot hat badge 1st Issue. The winged badge shows the letters PCA inside a keystone. The badge has some small areas of damage to the enamel. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early 1930s pilot wing for Pennsylvania Central Airlines (PCA), which existed from 1936 to 1948, when it was absorbed into Capital Airlines. The wing has a central keystone design and wonderfully detailed wings. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 pilot wing for PCA with the keystone design and wonderfully detailed wings. The wing reads PCA. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: 3/4" height and 3-1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare, large and wonderful circa mid-1930s "seat occupied" placard for Trans World Airlines (TWA). A photo of a stewardess wearing her 2nd issue wings on the left-hand end is encircled by the familiar early TWA "circle bar" logo...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950's uniform patch for Capital Airlines. The patch is embroidered on twill and shows a red bird that has assumed the body of an airplane flying beneath five stars. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's. SIZE: Approximately 2-7/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s Capital Airlines 1 year of service pin. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" in height and 1" in length. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with drop-in locking swivel catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s flight engineer wing 5th issue for Pan Am. The winged globe shows an enameled bar with one star at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in height and 2-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt...

ARTIFACT: This is a Circa 1960 - 1979 Pan American Airways Trainee badge 4th issue by Balfour that reads B. BEROCK and shows a small enameled globe. VINTAGE: Circa 1960 - 1979. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height x 2-3/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a gold-filled 1960s Pan Am Airways pilot wing by Balfour. The slender wings have a globe at their center with a robin's egg blue enamel bar bearing two stars. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately: 2-3/16" in width by 13/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a flight attendant cap badge from Mexicana Airlines (Compania Mexicana Aviacion), the oldest airline in North America with a route piloted in 1929 by Charles Lindbergh. The badge is a half wing with a medallion showing the outline of...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1940's Passenger Service agent badge for Avianca. Avianca, which stood for Aerov??as Nacionales de Colombia S.A. (National Airways of Colombia), became affiliated with Pan American Airways (PAA) in the early 1940's. The...