Pan Am Airways Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an Extremely Rare ca 1935 Pan American Airways 5 Year Service Lapel Wing in Gilt Brass. The pin is a petite wing with a crest at center bearing the letters PAA. VINTAGE: Circa mid 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 5/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Pan Am lapel pin for one year of service in sterling silver. The pin is a winged globe in blue enamel. Rare piece VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 3/8" in height and 5/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling silver with...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice 1930's Pan Am Airways tie bar that looks to be uniform issue, not a souvenir, and is the only one I've seen. A petite enameled globe hangs from the bar. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4" in height and 2-3/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a historically important numbered circa 1932 Pan Am Airways (PAA) three years of service pin, originally belonging to PAA pioneer pilot R. O. D. (Robert Oliver Daniel) Sullivan. Sullivan joined the United States Navy in 1918,...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1960's Pan Am Ground Crew Manager visor hat with scarce "Ground Personnel" Badge. The hat badge is round and reads: "PAN AM". The visor hat is white vinylized canvas with a black vinyl visor and gilt brass and bullion...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver 1950s deco Pan Am uniform buckle made in Siam. The front of the buckle is finely engraved with the Pan Am globe. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in height and 1-7/8" in width and 7/16" in depth...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s Pan American Airways Enlazando Las Americas" Linking the Americas" baggage tag. VINTAGE: Circa 1940's. SIZE: About 4-1/2" in width x 2-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Printed card stock. ATTACHMENT: To be attached...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique circa early World War II crew tie bar for PAA Africa (also known as PAA Ferries). It was fashioned from a shoulder strap badge. Roosevelt and Churchill approached Pan Am to form a subsidiary that would have outposts in Africa,...

ARTIFACT: This is a large framed and matted photographic print of a Pan Am DC-4 Clipper (#NX 88892) taking off from an early California airport. The Douglas DC-4 served during World War II and beyond and was also the choice for some countries' civil...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1954 equator-crossing certificate from Pan-American grace Airways (Panagra) for Roger Cotton Brown, a well-known filmmaker. The certificate was given to Brown after a flight from Santiago, Chile to Miami, Florida in September...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s Pan American World Airways baggage label. The label is blue and white in color and pictures a globe with wings and the wording "World's Most Experienced Airline." VINTAGE: Circa 1940's. SIZE: About 4" in width x 2-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1949 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by S. (Stan) L. Doepke, a Pan Am pilot for thirty years from Washington State. Doepke passed away in 200The certificate was issued to Frederick H. Jewell for crossing the equator in a trip from...