VINTAGE FDNY WAR YEAR LIDS

[JohnnyGage]

Here are three lids worn by Mr. "Tough" Willy;

E 46


Helmet damage when Willy fell from window, helmet damaged from striking cement wall, sparing his coconut.


Willy's duty helmet upon retirement.


***** LET'S SEE YOUR LID ! *****

 

[JohnnyGage]

A SWITCH-A-ROO, HERE IS THE HELMET COLLECTION OF LT. TK OF L 112 UNDER THE HOOD OF HIS VET,  CLASSIC !



NOTICE PRE-BOURKE EYE SHIELD:


MORE 216 STUFF:





OTHER FRONTPIECES:








LT. TK  E 277 LID & FRONTPIECE;

 

[JohnnyGage]

FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVE WHALEN. STEVE IS FOURTH GENERATION FDNY. STEVES FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER SERVED WITH THE FDNY. STEVE WAS IN SAME PROBY CLASS AS JK, TOM KEUFNER AND SITE ADMINISTRATOR JOHN BENDICK. STEVE IS NOW PRESIDENT OF BROWARD COUNTY RETIREES.

GRANDFATHERS HIGH FRONTPIECE E 29, CIRCA 1908



FRONTPIECE COLLECTION WORN BY STEVE WHALENS FATHER:





PHOTO OF GREAT GRANDFATHER ON TOP DRIVING RIG, HE WAS A 31 YEAR OLD "WHIP" CIRCA 1887. GREAT GRANDFATHER DID TWO, FIVE YEAR TOURS IN U.S. CAVALRY AFTER LYING ABOUT HIS AGE, THEN HIRED BY BROOKLYN FD:


(NOTE): STEAM ENGINE #5,  IS NOW MIDDAGH STREET E 205.


STEVES DAD; DAC WILLIAM WHALEN:




HELMET COLLECTION: STEVES GRANDFATHER, HIS DADS, HIS OWN:



STEVE L 105:




GREAT GRANDFATHER'S ISSUED 'BROOKLYN' FD BADGE:



LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON...BOTH SERVED IN L 105




FATHERS DC FRONTPIECE AS SHOWN ON MIDDLE HELMET ABOVE.




STEVE WHALEN, PRESIDENT BROWARD COUNTY FDNY RETIREES:

 

[68jk09]

Thanks Dan for putting this 4 FDNY Generation Collection up & Thanks to Steve Whalen for sharing it with us.

 

[JohnnyGage]

FDNY FRONTPIECE, CIRCA 1930s:



FDNY LIDS:

 

[68jk09]

A DIFFERENT KIND OF HELMET LIGHT..... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Real-Firem...339614?hash=item2893cc6c1e:g:qx8AAOSwUG1eR3Ig

 

[JohnnyGage]

^^^^^^^ Yes indeed, a masterful lamp that would suit any dining room table!

 

[JohnnyGage]

A FEW HIDEOUS DARTH VADER TYPE LDS:






CAPTAIN FRONTPIECE:

 

[JohnnyGage]

FROM THE HERB EYSSER COLLECTION:
FIREBOAT NEW YORKER ENGINE 57 HIGH FRONTPIECE

 

[68jk09]

^^^^^Good catch JK, pretty cool chapeau!...

YES 299 from back in the old Big House Days pre 1960 when 275...298...299...127 ...& the 50*BN  were on 162 St bet Jamaica & 89 Ave's ...their Home Box was 9876 Jamaica Ave & 162 St.... strange fact was that back before 1960 299 went to boxes South of the FH & 275 went to boxes North of the FH but when the two ENGs left for new FHs in 1960 275 went South to Merrick Blvd & 111 Ave & 299 went North to Utopia Pkwy off the Long Island Expwy. opposite directions of their former response areas.

 

[JohnnyGage]

SOME COOL TIN LIDS:


Check out 'DRAGON FINIAL'












Check out the home made repair job.

 

[mack]

Covering chief? 27 BN?

 

[JohnnyGage]

HERE IS A COLLECTION OF TIN 'SENATOR' CAIRNS HELMETS:
Check out the frontpiece on the last helmet.....

 

[JohnnyGage]

Here is Part 2 of the tin lid collection:

 

[Lebby]

HERE IS A COLLECTION OF TIN 'SENATOR' CAIRNS HELMETS:View attachment 1982View attachment 1983View attachment 1984View attachment 1985View attachment 1986View attachment 1987View attachment 1988View attachment 1989
Check out the frontpiece on the last helmet.....

Very handsome St. Louis lid with it's steel front or as they say there "furnace piece" along with the Philadelphia E72 lid.

 

[mack]

Providence Fire Department helmet oSpecial Hazards 1

https://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/providence-firefighter-survives-mayday-shares-his-story/

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Providence-Fire-Department-Special-Hazards-212702028798832/posts/

 

[68jk09]

^^^^^^GETTIN SALTY PODCAST'S..... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRC7F-_9G64MfTy3dySikw

 

[JohnnyGage]

Badge and L 6 frontpiece from Herb Eysser Collection

 

[JohnnyGage]

From the BC HOWIE CARLSON collection:


Lt. Ladder 120

BC 51

Placque from his wife on helmet



Part II: Billy Carlson Collection

 

[JohnnyGage]

More from the Herb Eysser Collection. The seven frontpieces mounted on the board expand the career of DC Walter Friton Div 5.