Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1880s - 1890s named Boston Post Fire Lines badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s - 1890s . SIZE: 1-3/8" wide by 2" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver-plated brass with black painted detail. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with "C" catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice example of a 1920s-1930s New York City Newspaper Reporters/Fire Lines badge for a reporter from the New York American. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: 2-3/4" wide by 2-3/4" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated...

ARTIFACT: This is a Pan Am San Francisco Fire Brigade badge from the 1950s-1960s. At center is the Pan Am globe logo with a light blue border around it. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s-1960s. SIZE: 15/16" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 USAF Fire Department Crash Crew badge. It is named to and belonged to J. C. Bullman. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: 2" in height by 1-¼" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with painted letters...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces Fire Department badge for Brooks Field in San Antonio, Texas. The badge shows an eagle at top and reads FIRE DEPT. 23 BROOKS FIELD. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 2-3/8" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a ruler advertising John Sise Insurance of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1920s. The ruler reads PRESENTED BY THE FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY JOHN SISE & COMPANY 3 MARKET SQUARE, PORTSMOUTH N.H. on its front and FIRE,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1940s Fire Department (crash crew) badge for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, a now global outfit established in 192The badge is numbered 879. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and 1-5/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s Fire Department (crash crew) badge for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, a now global outfit established in 192The badge is numbered 336. VINTAGE: Circa late 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and 1-5/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: Rare WWII Curtiss Wright Corporation Fire Chief Badge from Connecticut. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: 3" x 1 13/16" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated steel. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with drop with come under "C" catch. MARKINGS: None...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Pratt & Whitney crash crew badge. The badge reads CRASH DEATIL UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP. P. & W. AIRCRAFT F.D. 82. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 1-7/8" height and 1-5/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War era United States Navy Task Force 70 firefighter badge. A part of the Battle Force, Task Force 70 is in charge of maintaining aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and other vessels for the 7th Fleet. The badge is...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified large bronze buckle dating to the nineteenth century or possibly earlier. It looks as though it may depict a scene showing some type of pumping apparatus. The clouds in the scene have a very Chinese look to them: this...