Matching Stratoliner tie clip

[fedoralover]

We've all seen the little airplane pins we like to put on our Stratoliner hats, now check this out. I picked this up at an antique show over the weekend. It perfectly matches the pin. Now if I'm wearing a tie and my Stratoliner I have a matching set on my hat and tie. First time I've ever seen one.

fedoralover

 

[BJBAmerica]

Swanky Indeed!!!! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Dinerman]

That's cool.

 

[Kentucky Blues]

That's so amazing, I almost want to cry. Just imagine, something that was once almost common for a brief period of time is now incredibly rare. And you found one in great condition. That's just spectacular

 

[jimmy the lid]

Very cool. Very art deco.

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Feraud]

Excellent. I like matching jewelry.

 

[Duck]

Sweet!!!!!!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap What a fantastic find.

 

[deanglen]

Terrific find! I wonder how many of those exist in the world in obscure dresser drawers.

dean

 

[Tango Yankee]

I love it when something like that happens! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Cheers,
Tom

 

[carter]

Great Find! Can't wait to see them in action.

BTW, there is a shop at Preston Center in Dallas called Tie Coon that sells amazing sets of matched vintage jewelry for men as well as vintage watches and other ephemera.

 

[bolthead]

How cool is that.....

....be sure to post a pic when you do wear both of them together.

 

[EricH]

I've got to start fishing in different ponds like yours. Do you think the clip is a coincidence of manufacture or was there a stratoliner clip at one time? No matter a great find nonetheless. Congrats! Eric

 

[fedoralover]

I don't really know for sure, but I think it's more likely a TWA tie clip that perhaps pilots wore. But it does match regardless of it's original intent.

fedoralover

 

[RBH]

I love it! It would also be sweet to find some cufflinks that matched.
I have two pins, one has the TWA on it like yours [a service pin] and one that has no marking on it [I think an original Stratoliner hat pin]
I have the one with no markings on my Strat and the other I placed on my Campdraft.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Terrific find! I wonder how many of those exist in the world in obscure dresser drawers.

dean

I have an obscure dresser drawer. Nothing like that in it, though. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[fatwoul]

It's possible that the tie clip is a one-off. The plane looks almost as if it was taken from a pin and placed on the tie clip, perhaps by a jeweller or something.

Looks good either way, but it's cool to think it might be unique.

 

[Kentucky Blues]

I'm not so sure. On one hand, it does look like perhaps the plane isn't positioned so perfectly on the clip, but at the same time, I can't see the tie clip looking like something people would want without it. Only time travel will tell, I suppose...

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Nice tie clip . . .

. . . But not a stratoliner, surely? A DC-3, i think.

I use the same pin, but it is incorrect since a Stratoliner had 2 engines on each wing.

I have seen (here) some [edit: what i've always assumed are] original pins for Stratoliner hats and they had the twin engines per wing.

(here's the pic stole from Dixon Cannon.

bk

 

[J. M. Stovall]

. . . But not a stratoliner, surely? A DC-3, i think.

I use the same pin, but it is incorrect since a Stratoliner had 2 engines on each wing.

I have seen (here) some original pins for Stratoliner hats and they had the twin engines per wing.

(here's the pic stole from Dixon Cannon.

bk

That's a Boeing 307 I think.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

A Stratoliner, yes.

bk