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Firemen
Badge Fireman ~ Lowell Mass 1910
Item # 205





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| Item: |
Fireman's
Medal or Pin |
| Manufacturer: |
The
Whitehead & Hoag Company |
| Model: |
Convention
Delegate's Badge |
| Design: |
Fireman's
Motif with City of Lowell Motif on Medallion |
| Style: |
Pinback |
| Composition: |
Brass |
| Color: |
Brass
with Silver and Red Enamel |
| Size: |
1
3/4" wide x 3 1/4" tall |
| Age: |
1910 |
| Condition: |
Excellent
~ Pinback works properly |
| Origin: |
Made
in: Newark, NJ
For: Lowell Massachusetts |
| Mark: |
Please
see photos and read detailed information below. |
Additional Information:
This is a rare and highly collectible Firefighter's pin or badge.
The top portion depicts an antique fire engine with hoses and two
silver enamel horns on either side of a fireman's hat shield that
reads, Delegate Lowell Mass. Above the shield it says Sept 21-22-23.
The bottom portion is very decorative and detailed. Around the outside
it says 31st Annual Convention Mass. State Firemen's Association. The
center has crossed ladders with a red enamel shield that says 1910.
Above the ladders is a scene of Pawtucket Falls.
There are four circular disks that represent different notable entities
in Lowell, Massachusetts at the time.
- Top: Factories of Lowell with the words, Art Is
The Handmaid of Human Good - Lowell.
- Right: Rubber Heel and on the heel states
O'Sullivan's Safety Cushion Heel.
- Bottom: Ayer Lion, shows the Ayer Lion that is
the monument on the grave of Dr. James C. Ayer, famous for his patent
medicine.
- Left: Spinning Wheel, representative of the
number of woolen mills in and around the Lowell area at the time.
The back says, The Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark, N.J.
Item # 205
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