Transportation Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1929 National Air Races at Cleveland lapel wing. The wing is a winged crest and reads NATIONAL AIR RACES CLEVELAND. VINTAGE: 1929 SIZE: 1-1/4" wing. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with paint...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1930's member lapel pin for the Ninety-Nines, a women's aviation group founded in 1929. The club's birth happened at Curtiss Field on Long Island, New York, and it was officially named two years later for the ninety-nine...

ARTIFACT: This is 1950's Captain Wing from Trans World Airline, which began in 1930 when Transcontinental Air Transport merged with Western Air Express. The wing was originally worn by Captain Dominick DeGeronimo and has a Native American Chief's head in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s Pan Am Airways Check Pilot wing by Balfour. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 2-1/4" in width by 1-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10K gold-filled with enamel accents. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a drop-in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s Pan Am Airways 4th Issue Check Pilot wing by Balfour. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 2-1/4" in width by 1-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10K gold-filled with enamel accents. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s PAA wing. We believe it is an instructors wing. It is a modified 2nd Issue, Type 1 Pilot's hat badge added to an AAF Pilot wing. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's - Early WWII. SIZE: About 2-3/4" in width by 15/16" in length...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II Pan Am "PAA Ferries Inc" hat badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1942. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 1-5/16" in length. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s pilot wing for Capitol Airlines. The wing has a very three-dimensional convex globe at its center topped by a star. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/16" in height and 3-1/8" in width and 3/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare early 1940s Consolidated Vultee company pilot's wing. VINTAGE: Circa early 1940's. SIZE: About 3" in width by 7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated sterling with enameled lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare Northwest Air Service (NAS) pilot wing used only in 192The wing reads NAS SEATTLE at center.This is extremely rare and the very last wing of a very early US Air Line. The line started as Seattle-Victoria Air Mail Line...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950's pilot wing for the United States Overseas Airways USOA. The airline was founded by a dentist, Dr. Ralph Cox who earned his pilot's license flying for the NAVY in WWII. Originally known as Ocean Air Tradeways, Dr...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1990s pilot hat badge for Evergreen International Airlines. The airline has been flying out of McMinnville, Oregon since 1975. VINTAGE: Circa 1990's. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/16" in height and 2-1/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...