lot vintage TACA Airlines Mexico enameled lapel parrot pin metal pinback

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Lot of two (2) vintage TACA Airlines enameled pins from Mexico. TACA has since replaced this parrot logo with a newer one and is no longer in existence in Mexico (see history below). PLEASE NOTE! The pics on the white background have some glare from lighting apparent on the pins, they are not chips in the enamel! One pin does have a chip in the enamel and it is noted in the description below. It is best viewed in the pic with the green background. One of the pins attaches with a standard pin as you can see in the photos. There are no markings on the back and it is in excelllent condition. The other has a round back that screws on and was probably used through the buttonhole of a shirt. It is marked on the back- "Productos "Arco" Mexico.D.F Lopez 25". It has a chip in the enamel above the tail of the eagle. They both have very vibrant colors and are nicely detailed. They both measure 3/4" by 1/2". The value of these pins is in the airline history (see below). TACA International Airlines was founded in 1931 and this year (2013) will be no longer. The AviancaTaca Group has announced that all it's subsidiaries will operate under the name of Avianca starting in 2013. I know some of the history of these pins as I bought them, along with several others and some WW II military items, from a woman at an estate sale and they were her father's. He served with the U.S. Navy in WW II as a pilot in Transport Squadron VR-3. After the war he signed on to fly for TACA Airlines and later flew for TWA Airlines. He was from Comer, Georgia and I will pass along his name to the winning bidder if you desire. TACA was founded in 1931 by New Zealander Lowell Yerex . The idea of its founder was to establish one airline in each Latin-American country, such as Aerovias Brasil in Brazil and other TACAs in Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia. Out of all the TACA franchise airlines created, only TACA International of El Salvador survived, and has now ventured in acquisitions and has helped launch airlines such as the Mexican Volaris and has 49% shares in TACA Peru. Until 1980, TACA was owned by a United States company and had its corporate headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana (due to the civil war raging in El Salvador) in 1980 the Kriete Family of El Salvador who owned a minority stock completed buying all the shares. The headquarters returned to San Salvador , El Salvador to a new building which was inaugurated in 2008. Between 1989 and 1995, TACA bought the majority shares of the flag carrier airlines of Guatemala (AVIATECA), Costa Rica ( Lacsa ), and Nicaragua (NICA), consolidating operations under a new brand name, Grupo TACA. In 2008, Roberto Kriete and the board of directors decided to revert back to the original name, TACA International Airlines, since the consolidation of the acquired airlines was completed. TACA is the flag-carrier of El Salvador and trade name brand comprising a group of five independently IATA-coded and -owned Central American airlines, whose operations are combined to function as one and a number of other independently owned and IATA-coded regional airlines which code-share and feed the TACA brand system. TACA, originally an acronym of Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos (Central American Air Transport), now stands for Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano (Air Transport of the American Continent), reflecting its expansion to North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. However, the brand is going to disappear in 2013. The AviancaTaca Group has announced that all its subsidiaries will operate under the name of Avianca .PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING. PLEASE EXAMINE ALL PICTURES AND USE "ZOOM" WHEN AVAILABLE! I AM A TRUSTED EBAY SELLER WITH LOTS OF U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL FEEDBACK FROM OVER 65 COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE. FINLAND,SWEDEN,NORWAY,ICELAND,ISRAEL,SAUDI ARABIA,JORDAN(hi Waseem!), AUSTRALIA,FRANCE,GREECE,THE MALDIVES,MALTA,UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,VIETNAM,BRAZIL,MEXICO,PORTUGAL,ANDORR... read more

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