Medal

Museum number:
1-223932
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.604
Description:
Badge, San Francisco Fire Commissioners. White metal, circular with cutouts. Front engraved with coiled fire hose and “Fire Commissioners” (in red) also “July 1 1901”, “ June 30 1902”, “Rolla V. Watt, Pres. “, “Admit the Bearer within the Firelines”. Reverse has “105”, “J C Irvine, 751 Mkt St.” Diameter 5.7 cm.
Donor:
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Medals
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1925
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Medal, accession number 1-223932, described as Badge, San Francisco Fire Commissioners. White metal, circular with cutouts. Front engraved with coiled fire hose and “Fire Commissioners” (in red) also “July 1 1901”, “ June 30 1902”, “Rolla V. Watt, Pres. “, “Admit the Bearer within the Firelines”. Reverse has “105”, “J C Irvine, 751 Mkt St.” Diameter 5.7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Medal, accession number 1-223932, described as Badge, San Francisco Fire Commissioners. White metal, circular with cutouts. Front engraved with coiled fire hose and “Fire Commissioners” (in red) also “July 1 1901”, “ June 30 1902”, “Rolla V. Watt, Pres. “, “Admit the Bearer within the Firelines”. Reverse has “105”, “J C Irvine, 751 Mkt St.” Diameter 5.7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Medal, accession number 1-223932, described as Badge, San Francisco Fire Commissioners. White metal, circular with cutouts. Front engraved with coiled fire hose and “Fire Commissioners” (in red) also “July 1 1901”, “ June 30 1902”, “Rolla V. Watt, Pres. “, “Admit the Bearer within the Firelines”. Reverse has “105”, “J C Irvine, 751 Mkt St.” Diameter 5.7 cm.

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