Aircraft Company Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Ford Plant Protector Police badge for the Aircraft Engineering Division (AED) numbered 18The badge is made by Hanson of Chicago. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 2-7/8" in height and 1-15/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Wright Aero Corporation member dues celluloid pin from March 194Wright Aero was the aircraft engine manufacturing division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The pin is by Bastian Brothers of Rochester, New York...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II plant access badge for the Buffalo, New York division of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Curtiss-Wright closed out World War II with the distinction of producing the most aircraft of any other American company. The badge is...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War II worker's badge for Pratt & Whitney in Missouri. The pin is a blue square with a keyhole-shaped cut-out to display the worker's photograph: in this case, a middle-aged man with glasses. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Aviation Training Service Flight Suit patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 10-1/4 in width by 4-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on twill. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s workers badge for Wright Aero Corporation. The pin is roughly square and reads WRIGHT AERO. CORP. C3611. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: 1-9/16" height and 1-1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Clear plastic front with white...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered 1920s-1930s workers badge for Wright Aero Corporation. The pin is roughly square and reads WRIGHT AERO. CORP. GARFIELD 9077. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: 1-9/16" height and 1-1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1935 advertising/recruiting brochure for the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute of Aeronautics School. The school was started in 1929 and was headquartered at the Glendale, California Grand Central Air Terminal (the school was...

ARTIFACT: This is a great enameled lapel pin for Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation from the early 1930s. Curtiss-Wright closed out World War II with the distinction of producing the most aircraft of any other American company. The pin is a petite wing...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool 1930s worker badge for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Airplane Division in Buffalo, New York. Curtiss-Wright began in 1929 when Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of Buffalo, New York, and Wright Aeronautical of Dayton, Ohio...

ARTIFACT: This is a great enameled lapel pin for Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation from the early 1930s. Curtiss-Wright closed out World War II with the distinction of producing the most aircraft of any other American company. The pin is a petite wing...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s pocket patch for the Grumman F-14 "Tomcat" TVSU (Television Sensing Unit). This patch was used by both the United States Navy and Grumman factory test pilots. The patch shows an eye much like the CBS "Eye" with a Tomcat...