VINTAGE FDNY WAR YEAR LIDS

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^^^^^^Remarkable coincidence, reply #290 and the POSA truck Brother with badge 290. Cool. Somebody should play that number!
 
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Some good looking vintage relic lids:

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Anyone have an idea of what this frontpiece means from Motown?

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JohnnyGage said:
Some good looking vintage relic lids:



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Anyone have an idea of what this frontpiece means from Motown?


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I acquired three of those 103-2 coins (two for academy classmates), they were made by Lt. Matt Lund, Annapolis Fire Department
 
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Here are some interesting frontpieces...


"....is there a letter C?....can I buy a vowel....."











First fire dept Entrance exam I took back in 1976. I was list #5, AAC only hired 4 that year and the list expired. Oh well....





 
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Oh oh, looks like somebody "overbaked" the salty look on their lid...

.....and remarkably not a scorch mark on that flashlight, must be made out of asbestos!.....
 
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^^^^^Thanks JK, here are the frontpieces, looks like they are being sold by a single collector...

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Here is another collection being liquidated...


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Heres a few more frontpieces from the same collector, looks like the collector is looking to "cash in"...

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Here is an interesting insert, anyone have background scoop on it?

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October 17, 1966...23rd Street fire
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Scene of fire, Broadway & W 22nd St.

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Chief Walter Higgins LODD

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Chiefs helmet retrieved, now in FDNY Museum

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Brothers standing by

Eternal rest and peace, Brothers...To Remember.
 
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Few interesting frontpieces;

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Note very low badge #


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Beats me?

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Listed on e-bay as "Ladder" 78, hmmmm?


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Could this be "Frankie the Firefighters" frontpiece?

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Not buying this one...


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Old style...nice.
 
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The "Ladder 78" frontpiece is black so it is not from a ladder company. It is probably Engine 78, the fire boat that was at 90 St. & the East River before becoming Marine 5 in 1959.
 
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On a slightly unrelated note, I was issued my first front piece by the department last night.
 
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