Bidspirit auction | A SPAAMFAA High Front Fire

A SPAAMFAA High Front Fire Helmet with Running Fireman Finial and Two Commemorative Badges - This lot features a vintage firefighter's helmet, identified as a Cairns Bros. Tin Senator model, paired with two commemorative badges. The helmet is constructed from a black hard material, likely leather or composite, and features a prominent red leather frontispiece adorned with ”SPAAMFAA” and ”EFM” lettering surrounding a central motif of an axe and ladders. A bronze-toned finial depicting a standing firefighter is affixed to the helmet's crown, stamped on its reverse with ”R.S. & P. WATTERS, N.Y.” and ”FEB. 28, 1972.” Internally, the helmet has a light-colored fabric liner, a dark brown leather rim, and a metal dome bearing a circular red and white emblem that reads ”CAIRNS BROS. INC., MFRS OF FIREMEN'S EQUIPMENT, CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY,” beneath which a handwritten number ”247811” is visible. The accompanying silver-toned metal badges include a rectangular ”DRIVER” badge depicting an early fire apparatus, marked ”SPAAMFAA” at the bottom, with its reverse screw attachment stamped ”C.G. BRAXMAR CO. N.Y.C. U.S.A. 216 E. 45 ST.”; the second badge is a Maltese Cross featuring the words ”SPAA” and ”MFAA” in segments, surrounding a central emblem.