Badges of America’s Heroes

Description

This historical volume as told by author, Don Skalsky, includes: • Never told anywhere before…the historical evolution of the American Fire Badge. • Highlighted badges representing the earliest Volunteer Firefighting days as well as many of Americas’ major metropolitan fire departments • An exhaustive list of current and significant previous fire badge makers. • An in-depth description of how badges are made, the metals used, and their findings. • Contributions from noted American Fire Museums • Badges and narratives contributed by many of the most respected Badge Collectors from all across the nation, depicting many priceless one of a kind badges. • Descriptive pictures of unusual, military, commemorative, one-of-a kind, personal and issued badges all portrayed in full color. • Foreword written by Ronny J. Coleman. Mr. Coleman is a noted author, historian, and motivational speaker in the Fire Service as well as an avid badge collector.
The book is a large 9” x 12” coffee table edition with 176 all color pages. High-gloss, double-coated paper is used for superior photo reproduction.