Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Hose 1 fireman's badge from Franklin, New Hampshire. The badge has a seal at center featuring an assortment of fire fighting tools. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: 2-1/16" height and 1-9/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s or 1880s Independent Fire Company Number 1 West B (so many West B town names, especially in New York, from where this badge looks to hail) Fire Department badge numbered 6An early Hand Pump Fire Engine on a...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa late 1870s badge for the New Haven, Connecticut Veteran Firemen's Association (VFA), a social and charitable organization founded in 187The badge is numbered 21 and has an inset of firefighting equipment in relief at its...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful named circa 1935 ex-President badge from the Volunteer Firemen's Association. It is dated 1935 and named to George S. Merritt on the reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1935. SIZE: Approximately 1" in height and 15/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fire Department Hop Fire Company No. 1 badge. The badge shows a fireman's hat and horn at top and is numbered 18 at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s. SIZE: About 2-1/16 in height and 1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s fireman's badge from Monaca, Pennsylvania Volunteer Fire Department #1, or Station #56 in Beaver County. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/8" in height and 1-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful old circa 1910s badge for the Exempt Firemen's Association of Yonkers, a New York city situated on the Hudson River. The badge was made by C.G. Braxmar Company of New York and is numbered 294 on the front. The badge has the...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful old circa 1900 lapel badge for the Yonkers Volunteer Fire Department, Harry Howard Hose Co. No. 1A populous and old New York city situated on the Hudson River, Yonkers had organized firefighting as early as 185The H.H. Hose...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s Brooklyn, New York Exempt Fireman's Sons Association Eastern District (E.D.) badge. Modeled upon an earlier (1874) Western District Association, the Eastern District was incorporated in Spring 1883 with James T. Savage as...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s Brooklyn, New York Exempt Firemen Association Eastern District (E.D.) badge. Modeled upon an earlier (1874) Western District Association, the Eastern District was incorporated in Spring 1883 with James T. Savage as...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s fire department badge from Troy, New York. It reads RANKEN 102 and shows an interlocking logo at center made from the letters TFD. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s. SIZE: 2-1/2" height and 1-15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s or 1950s Adelphia, New Jersey Howell Township Fire Company No. 1 member badge. C.H.T. Clayton created Company No. 1 and served as its President until his death. After losing some property in a 1926 fire, his concern for...