1898 Sterling Silver New York City Firemen's Cycle Club 1898 Century Run Badge

This is a wonderful sterling silver badge from the New York City Firemen's Cycle Club Century Run, a one hundred mile race. Badge is a medallion hanging from a banner beneath a bar with a pair of wings at top. Badge reads OAKDALE & RETURN MAY 8, '98 SURVIVOR FIREMENS CYCLE CLUB N.Y. 98 CENTURY and displays various firefighting implements surrounded by scrollwork.

Circa 1898.

3" height and 1-7/16"width.

Sterling silver.

Horizontal pin with come-under "C" catch.

LAMBERT BROS. N.Y. STERLING maker's mark on reverse.

This is from a United States fire memorabilia collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MFEX09 SCJIX2/15

8- (Very Fine&emdash;Excellent): Badge has a handsome overall tarnish and is in wonderful shape.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.