Fire Badge "Assistant VI"
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: The badge has a central cartouche with a bronze-colored banner that is inscribed “ASSISTANT” filled with black enamel above the bronze raised numeral “VI.” Two fire plugs 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
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content: Work
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content: Firefighting Collection
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content: Fire Badges
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0233.1379
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.1379
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge, fireman's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin, nickel-plated (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 8.89 cm