Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great old New Hampshire Department of Forestry forest fire prevention poster. Dramatically designed, the poster shows a charred landscape against a crimson sky and warns you to PREVENT FOREST FIRES Ð IT PAYS. The reverse of the poster...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I "death penny" memorial medal from the United Kingdom. It is inscribed to Sher Ali, who served as a fireman in the Indian Merchant Service and died in 191This medal was given to the families of men who fell in service...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s badge for the Rescue Squad of Northern New York Utilities. The badge is numbered 3. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" in height and 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Boston globe newspaper reporter badge, and was possibly a "Fire Lines" badge, which functioned as a press pass at fire scenes. The badge is numbered 92 and shows the City Seal at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1900...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920's Baltimore Junior fire department celluloid promotional pin given out by the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper. The center of the pin features a fireman's helmet, ladder, hook, and axe and reads: "BALTIMORE JUNIOR FIRE DEPT. ORGANIZED...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful early 20th century reporter/fire lines badge from The Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal-Sentinel (the name changed from the original Sentinel) is the largest Wisconsin newspaper and was once...

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,...