Costa Posted September 18, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 18, 2014 RIGHT OFF EPAY--- DECENT PRICE SO I HIT IT. ANY ONE KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted September 18, 2014 BACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted September 18, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 18, 2014 Quite a nifty pin indeed! Not sure what it's for though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted September 18, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 18, 2014 Looks like a factory award, home front item. Nice looking piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted September 18, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 18, 2014 Probably WWI era as the center cockade is the U.S. military aircraft wing marking for the Great War. Very nice civilian piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan H. Posted September 18, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 18, 2014 World War I Aviation factory worker's pin. They are desirable, so I am sure that you did well! Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted September 18, 2014 damn--- ww1. I thought ww2. oh well 27.00 worth of pin. it was the prop that got me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted September 18, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 18, 2014 Costa, that is a neat little button. Here is a article concerning the pin from a 1918 edition AMERICAN MACHINEST. It does describe the pin having wings instead of a propeller, but I think this may be an error in the description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted September 18, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 18, 2014 From the November 1918 AIR SERVICE JOURNAL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted September 18, 2014 GEE ERIC--- THANKS MUCH. THIS IS VERY INTERESTING INDEED. WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMI88 Posted September 19, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 19, 2014 Very interesting item! There couldn't have been many of these made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffP Posted September 19, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 19, 2014 Very interesting item! There couldn't have been many of these made. Only about 50,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted September 19, 2014 Share #13 Posted September 19, 2014 Only about 50,000. Actually, if this one is numbered in the 70,000 range. But I guess you have to figure a steady 10% decrease/year due to attrition, loss, etc. Not uncommon but kind of neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffP Posted September 19, 2014 Share #14 Posted September 19, 2014 Only about 50,000. Actually, if this one is numbered in the 70,000 range. But I guess you have to figure a steady 10% decrease/year due to attrition, loss, etc. Here's one I managed to dig up, number 5667. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted September 19, 2014 GUESS THEY ARE NOT THAT COMMON AND WONDER HOW MANY SURVIVE TODAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted September 19, 2014 Share #16 Posted September 19, 2014 It depends on how you define common. I see them at the flea markets on a regular basis out here. They are relatively common around areas where they had plenty of aviation/military production facilities or manufacturing during WWI and WWII. There is a whole field of war production related items and collectibles out there, and this is one of the more common versions, I think. I see them priced from anywhere around a couple of bucks to 20 - 30$. For myself, I wouldn't spend more than about $5 for them, just because they are so abundant where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRR Posted September 19, 2014 Share #17 Posted September 19, 2014 Great article to go with the pin. Still a neat piece, pins are not made like that anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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