VINTAGE FDNY WAR YEAR LIDS

[raybrag]

This Rare 1851 Boston Presentation Firemen's Parade Helmet closed at just under $100,000 during the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries  Summer Auction Weekend!!  Photos from the Gallery.

 

[JohnnyGage]

WOWZER RAY, thats a real winner! What a lid! Thanks for sharing the photo, I sure would hate taking out a window with that showpiece!



Love the rooster!

 

[JohnnyGage]

I'm excited to add the Chief JK collection. Starting off with his dads helmet:




Here are Chief JK's frontpieces:













JK's resume:

 

[JohnnyGage]

Chief JK's Chief days collection:

 

[JohnnyGage]

9/11 Memorial plated helmet was donated to E 287, L 136, B 46 firehouse by Ret B C Vinny Mavaro.


JK plaque


Chief JKs HANDPAINTED FRONTPIECE

 

[memory master]

Very, very nice collection! Thanks for sharing and thanks Dan, er, "Johnny" for posting.

 

[68jk09]

Thank You for posting these Dan.....With the exception of my proby & my 108 FF Fronts most of the rest were handmade by Sampson Zats ...... the Gold R*2 Front was a gift that was hand painted by a Grand Rapids FF Dave Smith who was also a Sign Shop owner who did lettering & murals on expensive speed boats & many NASCAR racers cars......in 1985 when R*2 moved to Bergen St Dave flew to NY with one of his helpers & his equipment & they completely re lettered our '82 ALF.....he also presented us with a large redwood sign that was both sandblasted & painted with all the names of everybody in R*2 at the time...it still hangs in the FH.

 

[kidfrmqns]

Chief, did you go from Capt of E275 to Capt of L126? I've always heard there is a lot of "friendly rivalry" between the tigers and Merrick Magic.

 

[68jk09]

I did ...any rivalry was friendly.

 

[JohnnyGage]

Love these "War Babies";







Interesting shape;

 

[JohnnyGage]

Bronx bend sightings!



BLUE BRONX BEND...say that three times fast...

 

[JohnnyGage]

Longest brim...



Very informative brim;

 

[JohnnyGage]

Th?s lid hurts, just to look at it...

 

[raybrag]

Here's a real FIRE helmet. According to the Larchmont Historical Society, these were common in the early 1900s, and were worn in parades to provide illumination.  I'm not knowledgeable enough to say more than "Huh???".  Larchmont Historical Society photo.

 

[fdce54]

Here's a real FIRE helmet. According to the Larchmont Historical Society, these were common in the early 1900s, and were worn in parades to provide illumination.  I'm not knowledgeable enough to say more than "Huh???".  Larchmont Historical Society photo.

Ray, is that our boy Willy D under that helmet???

 

[raybrag]

Can't be.  There's no food.

 

[68jk09]

^^^^^^ These Helmets could also be used to detect gas leaks.

 

[raybrag]

^^^^^^ These Helmets could also be used to detect gas leaks.

If you're a fan of the "KABOOM" method.  8) : 8)

 

[JohnnyGage]

NEVER FORGET SEPTEMBER 11. ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL.

Fr. Mychal Judge helmet;




Damaged helmets;









Below; Helmet worn by deceased proby member. I was part of the recovery team for this young man. His dad is a Chief. I had the honor of covering him with American Flag and carrying him in stokes basket from scene. Carrying this young man with me, on the otherside of the stokes was FF Bobby Beddia (E 24) who would be killed later at the Deutsch Building fire just a short distance away.




Helmet worn by BC Pfeiffer, first Chief on the scene:





Helmet worn by FF Bob Beckworth with President Bush;






FF Chris W. Ladder 5 helmet. Chris is seen carrying Father Judge in an iconic photo pointing to photographers, he is angry at the cameraman taking photos of the deceased Father Judge. ..... I replaced Chris as the Ladder 5 LCC after Chris transferred to work in the Division Office.




Lt. Mickey K. (E 16), one of 12 members to survive WTC 1 collapse in Stairway B. Mickey said as the crumbling tower was falling on top of him that he wanted "to make myself small and crawl into my helmet".




My Ladder 31 helmet that the 9/11 museum requested for display at opening of museum and was on loan for three years..this is the Museums photo used for Youtubes video about the museum. This lid is now home resting on my bureau.




Ladder 3 Captain Pat Browns helmet;




Lest we forget...

 

[JohnnyGage]

Bunch of these frontpieces from a collector on e-bay;