Fire Fighting & Rescue Gear, Groupings, etc.

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1920s wooden directional sign reading TO FIRE ALARM. The paint on the red arrow has a lot of excellent crackling and character. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/8" in height and 13" in length. CONSTRUCTION...

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 19th Century fire fighter's grave marker from Boston.The front shows a view of the city and reads" VETERAN FIRE DEPT" and "BOSTONIA." VINTAGE: Circa 1800s. SIZE: Approximately 5 1/2" wide by 7 3/4" tall. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful vintage circa 1920s small brass Badger's brand fire extinguisher. The extinguisher was designed to be pumped by hand. The original inspection/informational tag is still attached. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous circa 1900 firemen's muster celluloid badge advertising Portsburger Lager Beer by the Portsmouth Brewing Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Portsmouth Brewing Company, now an inn, went out of business with the start of...

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 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 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: 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: 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 circa 1970s York, Maine Volunteer Fire Department ambulance vehicle tag. York is a popular vacation spot in southern Maine that was established in 1624 as Agamenticus (the mountain there still bears that name). VINTAGE: Circa 1970s...

ARTIFACT: This is a limited edition belt buckle in pewter from the Hall of Flame Fire Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. The buckle has a great image in relief of an 1870's steam fire engine, the Silsby Steamer. The reverse of the buckle has an informational...