Fire Badge "Foreman VI"
Fire Badge "Foreman VI"
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- Description
- This white metal fire badge departs from the common shield, circle, or Maltese-cross badge design in favor of a curved rectangular form. The decoration on the badge also differs from many of the other badges in the collection. The badge may in fact have been used as a helmet frontpiece rather than a badge, although it is somewhat smaller than most.
- The badge has a central cartouche with a bronze-colored banner that is inscribed “FOREMAN,” filled with black enamel, above the bronze raised numeral “VI.” Fire plugs to the left and right of the badge’s lower portion have hoses that frame the badge and whose nozzles cross at the top of the badge. A hook and ladder are crossed at the bottom of the badge, while a crossed fireman’s lantern and axe are at the top of the badge.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- badge, fireman's
- date made
- 19th century
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- 2005.0233.1380
- accession number
- 2005.0233
- catalog number
- 2005.0233.1380
- Credit Line
- Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
- Work
- Fire Badges
- Firefighting Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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