There is one image of this object

 
 
 

service pin: Pan American Airways, 5 years

Date:1940s
Medium:Metal, enamel
Credit Line: Collection of SFO Museum
Accession Number:2019.121.0041
Dimensions:1/2 x 3/4 x 1/4 inches (1.3 x 1.9 x .6 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Insignia
Subcategory:Pin, Service
Manufacturer :L.G. Balfour Company
airline: Pan American Airways
company: Pan American World Airways
Description

Service pin issued by Pan American Airways for five years service; gold and blue enamel globe and wing logo; stamped “0551” with post with screw-fasteners on back.

Similar objects

The following are SFO Museum Aviation Collection object images whose mathematical representations are similar to this image. These representations are referred to as vector embeddings and were derived using a series of different machine-learning models. The definition of similar in the eyes of any given machine-learning model is often opaque, typically mysterious and sometimes incorrect. As such these objects are included because they are generally similar in nature, or spirit, and as a way to help you discover things in our collection which you might have otherwise missed.

URL
IIIF Manifest
If you would like to embed this object in your own website click to expand If you would like embed this object in to your own website copy and paste the following markup: 
<div id="sfomuseum-image-1780379687" class="sfomuseum-image" style="max-width:640px; margin:auto 0;">	 
  <a href="https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1780379535/"><img src="https://static.sfomuseum.org/media/178/037/968/7/1780379687_jiQKfCpqD0id0OdGgAabgIXyEzwj1CRZ_z.jpg" alt="service pin: Pan American Airways, 5 years" /></a>
  <div id="sfomuseum-image-caption-1780379687" class="sfomuseum-image-caption" style="margin-top:1rem; font-style:italic;">
    <div><strong>Service pin: Pan American Airways, 5 years</strong> 1940s</div>
    <div>Collection of SFO Museum</div>
    <div>Collection of SFO Museum <a href="https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1780379535/">2019.121.0041</a></div>
  </div>
</div>
If you would like to cite this object in Wikipedia click to expand If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1780379535/ |title=service pin: Pan American Airways, 5 years |author=San Francisco International Airport Museum |accessdate=10 January 2026 |publisher=San Francisco International Airport Museum}}
Comments and Suggestions click to expand