Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s Mack Fire Apparatus patch. Mack Fire Apparatus, part of Mack Trucks, began manufacturing fire equipment in 1911 out of Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is an oval patch in twill embroidered with the company's bull dog logo at the top...

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...