Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified C.F.D. Fire Lines badge, possibly from Cleveland (Fire Department), the city in which it was found. The badge dates to between 1900 and 1920. It is unclear whether the "CITY COUNCIL" on the badge denoted their approval...

ARTIFACT: Early circa 1913 Police & Firemen's Insurance Association #'d lapel pin. The center depicts a fireman and policeman (viewer's right) wearing a 'Bobby' helmet shaking hands and surrounding it reads: "P. F. I. A. EXCUDERUNT ES TO...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1950's "Prevent Forest Fires" "Keep America Green" vintage poster published by the American Forest Product Industries Corporation. The poster shows a young girl in a blue dress touching an evergreen sapling with a deer in the foreground...

ARTIFACT: This is a Circa 1900's - 1910's New England Insurance Exchange Inspector Badge. The badge is numbered 26, and is a nice example of an early underwriter's badge. The Exchange was established in 188The badge was made by S.M. Spencer Manufacturing...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1969 United States Naval Air Station (Helicopter) Santa Ana crash crew badge. The badge reads 2NCOIC CRASH / RESCUE MCAS/H SANTA ANA 7051 and shows an eagle, globe and anchor at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1969. SIZE: 2-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s United States Marine Corps Air Station crash crew chief badge. The badge reads CRASH CHIEF CRASH RESCUE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION and shows an eagle at top and an eagle, anchor and globe at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 Bangor Air Base Fire Department crash crew badge. The badge shows an eagle at top and firefighting equipment at center and reads BANGOR AIR BASE FIRE DEPT. U.S.A. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: About 2-1/8" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 United States Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point crash crew badge. The badge reads CREWMAN CRASH CREW M.C.A.S. CHERRY POINT 74 and shows an eagle at top. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: 2-7/16" in height x 1-13/16" in...

ARTIFACT: Fantastic mid-1930's Police & Fire Supplies Catalog #94 Darley & Co. Chicago, Illinois. Wonderful deco cover showing images of a policeman and fireman, a traffic light, and fire hose and reads: "MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES" across the top with...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s Johnson Space Center Fireman #3 badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s. SIZE: About 1-9/16" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated nickel with painted accents. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a drop in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Fire Department Fireman's badge #23. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 1-7/8" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel with painted accents. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930 Emergency Squad hat badge from Rahway, New Jersey by S. H. Reese. The badge is numbered 30, reads FIRST AID and shows the State of New Jersey seal at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in...