Fire Fighting & Rescue Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful example of a ca. 1950 Crew Chief badge from a US Marine Corps Air Station Crash Crew. VINTAGE: Ca. 1950. SIZE: 3" in height x 2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated brass with painted letters...

ARTIFACT: WWII Japanese Fireman belt buckle in gold anodized aluminum. Homefront heroes during USAAF bombings, during the firebombing of Kobe in February 1945, an average of 40% of the built-up area of 64 of the largest cities were destroyed. The buckle...

ARTIFACT: 1950's Hudson, New Hampshire Civil Defense Auxiliary fire department member badge. The raised center shows the civil defense logo, the letters "CD" centered within a triangle. Surrounding the center it reads: "HUDSON AUX. FIRE...

ARTIFACT: This is a fantastic World War II era Model Cover-Alls (overalls) workwear uniform as worn by Civil Defense Rescue Squad N.W. #23A. The suit has great chain-stitched details, including the worker's initials, and a handmade chain-stitched Civil...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare Nazi period (circa 1934-1936) Prussian firefighting medal for long service. The medal replaced its older counterpart in 1934 after some changes in firefighting came about. Firefighters who had served for twenty-five years, those...

ARTIFACT: This is a Prussian Fire Service medal for twenty-five years of service. The medal is oval and shows a helmet and two crossed axes. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 1-11/16" height and 1-1/4" width. CONSTRUCTION /...