badge

Name/Title

badge

Entry/Object ID

2006.007.010

Description

Badge. Metal; shield-shaped; stickpin on back. Fireman's helmet with crossed trumpet and hose nozzle at top. Embossed "WESTMINSTER FIRE DEPARTMENT"; has large "1" at center. 2.125" x 1.5".

Acquisition

Accession

2006.007

Source or Donor

Perry, R. Kenneth

Acquisition Method

Gift

Exhibition

Carroll at 250: People, Place, and the Making of History

General Notes

Note

Belonged to Oscar Dosch Gilbert [b.1850 - d.1936]. Gilbert served as Mayor of Westminster, President of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, President of the Westminster Merchants and Manufacturers Association, President of the Maryland State Firemen's Association, member - Westminster Fire Department. Member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church. Donor is Gilbert's great-grandson.