Aircraft Company Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid-1920s worker badge for the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company, founded by early aviator Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss Aeroplane and Curtiss Motor Company had both been independent companies in the 1910s, and they merged in 191This...

ARTIFACT: This is a theatre-made Douglas Middle East technical representative or company pilot wing. The wing reads DOUGLAS MIDDLE EAST and shows aircraft flying over the globe at center. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-1/8" height and 3-5/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s American Motorless Aviation Corporation (AMAC) glider school badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The badge is round and reads AMAC CAPE COD MASS. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War II Curtiss-Wright "Production Soldier" lapel stud. Curtiss-Wright began in 1929 when Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of Buffalo, New York, and Wright Aeronautical of Dayton, Ohio merged. The petite wing has a V...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Curtiss-Wright Flying School jacket patch. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 3" in width by 4-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on twill. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War II era Hughes Aircraft Company employee lapel pin in sterling silver. The pin is a star fashioned from five wings and at center reads HUGHES and shows a plane crossing the continental United States. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II cigar ashtray fashioned from piston made by Wright Aircraft Engines. The piston is well suited to its repurposed form: it has thick walled sides, depressions large enough for a stogie and a grated interior bottom...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling and enamel Douglas Aircraft "Bond-A-Month" Club lapel pin. The pin reads BOND-A-MONTH DOUGLAS and shows Douglas' "Around the World" Logo: "Around the World" logo: a globe with three aircraft circling it. VINTAGE: Circa World...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s American Motorless Aviation Corporation (AMAC) third class glider badge by Whitehead & Hoag. The badge is round, reads AMAC and shows one gull in flight. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Pratt & Whitney USA aircraft worker patch. The patch shows an eagle in flight and reads PRATT & WHITNEY U.S.A. DEPENDABLE ENGINES. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 3-7/8" height and 4-7/8" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous WWII Era Wright Aero Corp. 15 year service pin in 14K gold by Whitehead & Hoag. The intricately detailed lapel pin features a two-dimensional globe with a ruby in its center and red enameled wings on either side, surrounding it reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s through World War II pin for Wright Aero Corporation, the aircraft engine manufacturing division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The pin was given to a Wright employee with five years of service with the company...