PLEASE NOTE: We are BACK IN THE OFFICE as of MONDAY 01/06 catching up from Travel and Shipping out the Mountain of Orders we received!!
YES, Kanae is Here, Listing, Packing, & SHIPPING as of MONDAY 01/06!!
Update 01/10/25: WE ARE still EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH non-PayPal CREDIT CARD PURCHASES!!
If you would like to PAY for an Artifact with a CREDIT CARD, please email and I will get an invoice emailed to you ASAP!
THERE MAY BE SOME DELAYS in SOME POLICE & FIRE BADGES AFTER Wednesday 01/15 when I Leave for PORKY'S!!
NOTE: If You Are Going to Porky's I will be bringing CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA, FEDERAL, & STATE AGENCY Badges.
If You Want to see something in-hand that is NOT in a Category above, try to let me know this weekend so I can get it pulled for the Show!!
We are HAPPY TO ACCEPT YOUR ORDERS during this time, and we will promptly SHIP MOST orders with ONE Business Day of Receipt of Payment!
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That DISCOUNT also applies to PayPal GIFT (Fee-Free), Check, and Money Order payments!!
Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs, Ron & Kanae
ARTIFACT:
This is a beautiful and extremely rare World War I badge for the United States Air Service 9th Aero Squadron. The 9th was formed on June 14, 1917. Before shipping off to England to train under the Royal Flying Corps, they built the first plane ever to fly out of Selfridge Field in Michigan. Transferred to France in August 1918, the 9th was involved in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and other missions, many of them night maneuvers. The badge was made in France from enameled silver. The emblem is a clever juxtaposition of three searchlights that form a Roman numeral IX.
VINTAGE:
Circa World War I.
SIZE:
Approximately 1" in diameter.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Silver, enamel.
ATTACHMENT:
Horizontal T-style pin with C catch.
MARKINGS:
None.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a United States Air Service badge collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. PGEJL13 LBDEJX9/13 TrBDEJ10/13
CONDITION:
7+ (Very Fine+): The badge has some light wear and a very small flake in the enamel at approximately one o'clock; some tarnish upon the reverse.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
