Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Pennsylvania forest fire warden badge. The badge is round and reads PENNSYLVANIA FOREST FIRE WARDEN and shows a oak leaf and a keystone at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 1-1/2" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1910s-1920s Emergency Squad badge from the sheriff's office of Bergen County, New Jersey. The badge resembles a sunburst, showing the seal of the State of New Jersey and numbered A68. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s. SIZE: 1-11/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 Mitchel Air Force Base Fire Department crash crew crew chief badge. The badge shows an eagle at top and reads CREW CHIEF MITCHEL AIR FORCE BASE F.D. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: 2-9/16" height and 1-13/16" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s-1950s United States Marine Corps Reserve Depot Fire Department fireman badge. The badge reads FIREMAN MARINE CORPS R.D.F.D. 15 and shows an eagle at top and firefighting equipment at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s-1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s United States Forest Service Department of Agriculture Forest Guard badge. The badge has a great pine tree engraved between the letters US and FS. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" height and 1-3/8" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Boston Naval Shipyard Fire badge. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 2-1/4" wide by 2-1/4" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post and stabilizing pin. MARKINGS: None. ITEM NOTES: This is...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Paris Fire Brigade badge showing the city's coat of arms and a medal of honor at the bottom. The motto "Sapeurs Pompiers, Sauver ou Perir..." means "firefighters, rescue or perish..." VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: About 1-3/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II member badge for the Edw. G. Budd Manufacturing Company Fire Brigade. Budd built wheels and truck bodies as well as the RB-1 transport airplane for the United States Navy. The badge is numbered on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese fireman's axe/hook from the Edo period, also known as a "tomiguchi". The blade is triangular and used as a pick. The long oaken handle is ringed at intervals with steel, reinforced with rods of the same, and capped off at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s fiberglass fire helmet bearing the letters PMFD (possibly for Point Mugu Fire Department). The original owner of this helmet served in the United States Navy during World War II, so the potential for this helmet to be from...

ARTIFACT: This is a great whimsical lamp made from a circa 1930s or 1940s red alarm box (it was converted in the 1970s). The burlap lamp shade has a great large applied cloth fire engine! This is in wonderful condition and still works. There is a switch...

ARTIFACT: This is a great fire mark from the Home Insurance Company of New Haven, Connecticut. The oval mark is in cast iron and shows a fireman pointing the way to the endangered property. Fire marks were purchased from fire fighting companies by...