Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s patch for the Flint, Michigan Fire Department. It is embroidered on black twill and is shaped like an arrowhead. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/2" in height and 4-1/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Twill...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s patch for the Dennis, Massachusetts Fire Department. It is embroidered on red twill. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s. SIZE: Approximately 2-7/16" in height and 4" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Twill embroidered in cotton/polyester...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s Merrimac, Massachusetts Fire Department patch. It is embroidered on red twill. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s. SIZE: Approximately 3-15/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Twill embroidered in cotton/polyester threads, mesh...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1980s patch for the Lowell, Massachusetts Fire Department. It is embroidered on red twill and reads ART IS THE HANDMAID OF HUMAN GOOD. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s. SIZE: Approximately 4-3/16" in height and 3-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1950s Glennville (Connecticut) Fire Company Inc. patch. It is in embroidered red wool. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 4-7/8" in height and 3-1/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Wool embroidered in...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice circa 1900 Moorestown, New Jersey Hose Co. No. 1 parade ribbon made by Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey. There is a celluloid medallion hanging from an American flag ribbon, and the back of the ribbon has a nice...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1910s lapel pin for the 5th Ward, Boro of Queens (New York) Exempt Firemen's Association. The pin is by Dieges & Clust and is gold-filled with blue enamel. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" by 3/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice old circa 1950s Malden, Massachusetts Fire Department Assistant Chief helmet plate. Malden is a suburb of the Commonwealth's capital city, Boston. The plate is in hand-painted leather, in vibrant gold and red. It is maker marked...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful gold-filled and enameled lapel pin from the Box 52 Association of Boston, Massachusetts, a group of fire and safety enthusiasts. The badge is house-shaped and shows a hand grasping bolts of lightning or electricity in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company five years of service pin in 10 karat gold by Balfour. Gamewell was started in 1879 and the pin shows the company's logo: a fist holding lightning bolts. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s fire parade ribbon for the North Beach, New York (now LaGuardia Airport) Fire Prevention Association. North Beach later became a Work Projects Administration project and was re-christened as the Glenn H. Curtiss Airport...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful early (1886) ribbon for the 9th Annual New Jersey State Fireman's Association Convention in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. The purple ribbon has a great primitive horse drawn steamer graphic! The ribbon has a Newark, New Jersey...