Fire Badge "Inspector Fire Insurance"
Fire Badge "Inspector Fire Insurance"
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- Description
- This shield-shaped metal fire badge belonged to an inspector of a Pennsylvania-based fire insurance company. The inspector was responsible for examining buildings and making sure they met the insurance company’s standards, as well as inspecting the post-fire damage.
- The rim of the badge is inscribed “FIRE/INSURANCE INSPECTOR,” filled in with black enamel. The center of the circular badge bears the Pennsylvania state coat-of-arms, with a shield depicting a ship under sail above, a plow in the middle, and three sheaves of grain below. The shield is crested at the top by an eagle and supported by two horses. A banner below bears the state motto “LIBERTY/INDEPENDENCE/VIRTUE.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- badge, fireman's
- date made
- 20th century
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States
- associated place
- United States: Pennsylvania
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- 2005.0233.1384
- accession number
- 2005.0233
- catalog number
- 2005.0233.1384
- Credit Line
- Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
- Work
- Firefighting Collection
- Fire Badges
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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