Badge, Fire
Badge, Fire
Badge, Fire

Badge, Fire

Object number2014.140.7
MediumMetal/Enamel
Credit LineGift of Stephanie Mallinger
DescriptionGray metal fire badge with blue enamel text on front. Relief of fire helmet and horn at top of badge. Vertical pinback on back. Back is darker in tone.Dimensions1.625 x 1.438 x 0.313 in. (4.1 x 3.7 x 0.8 cm)
InscriptionsBlue enamel text on front "IRWIN / CAPITOL / FIRE / CO."
Historical NotesThis fire badge belonged to Herbert Isaac Frank. The Buck and Frank families were Jewish families that lived in McKeesport, PA, and Irwin, PA, respectively, during the late 19th and 20th centuries. They were connected through Rose (Buck) Frank, who married Herbert I. Frank in 1930. Herbert I. Frank was drafted into the Quartermaster Corps but received a medical discharge shortly after the Armistice. After the war, he attended the University of Pittsburgh. In 1930, he married Rose Buck. The couple had two daughters Stephanie (Frank) Mallinger, born in 1931, and Ann (Frank) Hoechstetter, born in 1932. Herbert I. Frank was involved in local philanthropic groups, such as Jewish Big Brother Association, the Jewish Social Service Bureau, and the Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association. Due to his standing in the community, he was asked to join a local draft board. For three years, he served as chairman on City Draft Board #14, before resigning after a dispute with other board members over the issuing of deferments. Following his resignation, he took a position on a Price Control Board. Herbert I. Frank passed away in 1946.
Previous owner (died 1946)
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