Fire Fighting & Rescue Insignia, Ribbons, etc.

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare 1980's - 1990's Forest Service Small Jumper School Graduate Lapel Wing.  VINTAGE: 1980s -1990s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" in height x 7/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver Plated Brass with green enameling for...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1927 White Plains New York Fire Department 20th Anniversary Lapel Pin for Chatterton Engine Company No 5. VINTAGE: 1927 SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in height x 13/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass, enamel...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Fort Dix Fire Department patch. Fort Dix is in New Jersey, and served a training center before, during and after World War II. The patch is round in blue twill and shows a golden castle at its center...

ARTIFACT: This is a great fire mark from the Home Insurance Company of New Haven, Connecticut. The oval mark is in cast iron and shows a fireman pointing the way to the endangered property. Fire marks were purchased from fire fighting companies by...

ARTIFACT: This is a 100th anniversary tray for Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Concord, Massachusetts by Whitehead and Hoag. The tray is shallow with a wide lip and shows a minuteman in relief at the center with his dog. VINTAGE: Circa 1926...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company 75th anniversary paperweight. The paperweight is diamond-shaped with four half-sphere casters on the bottom and shows a Roman matron at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: 2-3/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice circa 1900 Moorestown, New Jersey Hose Co. No. 1 parade ribbon made by Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey. There is a celluloid medallion hanging from an American flag ribbon, and the back of the ribbon has a nice...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1910s lapel pin for the 5th Ward, Boro of Queens (New York) Exempt Firemen's Association. The pin is by Dieges & Clust and is gold-filled with blue enamel. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" by 3/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice old circa 1950s Malden, Massachusetts Fire Department Assistant Chief helmet plate. Malden is a suburb of the Commonwealth's capital city, Boston. The plate is in hand-painted leather, in vibrant gold and red. It is maker marked...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful gold-filled and enameled lapel pin from the Box 52 Association of Boston, Massachusetts, a group of fire and safety enthusiasts. The badge is house-shaped and shows a hand grasping bolts of lightning or electricity in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company five years of service pin in 10 karat gold by Balfour. Gamewell was started in 1879 and the pin shows the company's logo: a fist holding lightning bolts. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s fire parade ribbon for the North Beach, New York (now LaGuardia Airport) Fire Prevention Association. North Beach later became a Work Projects Administration project and was re-christened as the Glenn H. Curtiss Airport...