Aircraft Company Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division lapel pin by Whitehead & Hoag. Curtiss-Wright began in 1929 when Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of Buffalo, New York, and Wright Aeronautical of Dayton, Ohio merged. The pin is a petite,...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice 1930s Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation lapel pin. Curtiss-Wright began in 1929 when Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of Buffalo, New York, and Wright Aeronautical of Dayton, Ohio merged. The pin is a petite, enameled wing...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s octagonal lapel pin for five years of service with 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa WWI - early 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa WWI - early 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a Boeing control wheel center cap from World War II. Boeing was started in 1916 as Pacific Aero Products Co. and renamed one year later. The cap is in aluminum and would have been used on B-17-F bombers and other earlier aircraft. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a Bell Aircraft worker service award ring from World War II. The ring has the Bell insignia on the face in brass and blue enamel. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximate size 5. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plexiglass with plated...

ARTIFACT: This is a historically important circa 1931 Sikorsky Manufacturing Company lapel wing, originally belonging to Pan American Airways (PAA) pioneer pilot R. O. D. (Robert Oliver Daniel) Sullivan. Sullivan piloted a 1931 inaugural foreign air mail...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (MBA) lapel wing given to personnel who ejected from an aircraft using a Martin-Baker ejection seat: in other words, it is like a Caterpillar pin. My educated guess is that although date-stamped for...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Pratt & Whitney crash crew badge. The badge reads CRASH DEATIL UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP. P. & W. AIRCRAFT F.D. 82. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 1-7/8" height and 1-5/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Curtiss-Wright Factory patch in a nice navy twill with gold embroidery. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 4-3/8 in width by 2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton twill...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II employee photo identification badge for PESCO (Pump Engine Service Corporation), a company that manufactured aircraft parts. The badge is by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, New Jersey. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...