Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

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...

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...