Aircraft Company Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1950s United States Navy Douglas F4D Skyray pilot qualification lapel pin. The pin is in the shape of the Skyray and has some very fine detailing. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 3/8" height and 11/16" width. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1930s lapel pin for the United States Navy's SB2U Vought Vindicator. This pin is the only one I've seen of its kind. The vindicator was a dive-bomber utilized in conjunction with aircraft carriers, namely the USS Lexington,...

ARTIFACT: This is rare avition company lapel pin for the Kinner Airplane & Motor Company of Glendale, California. The pin shows an eagle with his wings tilted over a green K and a 5 cylinder aircraft motor. Kinner Airplane & Motor Corp was an...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified lapel wing, most likely for an aviation company. The wing has a small red, white and blue enameled crest at its center that reads A. I. USA. VINTAGE: Circa World War I - 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1/4" in height and 1"...