Miscellaneous Airlines: FOREIGN Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a wing for El Dror Air Transport, which operated out of Munich, Germany in the late 1940s and possibly 1950s primarily to relocate people to the newly formed State of Israel. At the center of the wing is a Star of David with a bird...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s wing for Trans-Canada Airlines made in Montreal. TCA flew from 1937 to 1965 when it changed its name to Air Canada. The wing shows a maple leaf and boomerang at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: 3/4" height and 3-5/16" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa early to mid-1930s pilot wing for the early Canadian Airline, Canadian Airways, Limited. It is in a high 1930s Deco design, and although unmarked for content, the rainbow patina on it leads me to believe that it is in coin...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1940s flight attendant cap badge for British Overseas Airways Corporation, which flew from 1939 until it merged with BEA to form British Airways in 197The badge is a winged lion. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s...

ARTIFACT: This is a hat badge from Air Vietnam. The badge is round and shows the airline's fantastic dragon insignia in green. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: 1-3/4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass with green painted areas...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1970s wing for Toa Domestic Airlines, a Japanese company that resulted from a merger in 1971 and then changed its name to Japan Air System in 198The wing is in bullion and shows two sidewise gulls at the center of a laurel...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1980s stewardess half wing for Safe Air Limited, a New Zealand airline and aviation maintenance dating from 196SAFE Air, the airlines' predecessor, started in 1950 and crossed the Cook Strait to link North and South islands (the word...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver shirt-size wing by J. A. Meyers Co. for Philippine Air Lines, which began operation in 194The wing shows a medallion center with a four-pointed star above the ocean. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 1/2" height and 2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1960s bullion wing for Japanese Domestic Airlines, which formed in 1964 due to a merger. JDA merged later with another airline is now known as Japan Airlines. The wing is in bullion with lovely tinsel detailing on the shoulders...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s Air France junior pilot wing. The wing is petite with a star at the top and some painted diagonal stripes across a globe at its center. At the bottom it reads FUTUR PILOTE (future pilot) VINTAGE: Circa 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1980s airline wing for Dominicana (Dominicana de Aviaci—n), a company that started out flying from the Dominican to locales such as the US, Spain and Puerto Rico in 194The company ceased to exist in 199The wing shows a capital D with...

ARTIFACT: This is an early (1970s) pilot wing on wool for Air Canada. In 1965, Air Canada became the new name for Trans-Canada Airlines, a company that had been flying for almost three decades. The wing is in a beautiful scarlet red wool with a winged...