General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

MAIN FORM OF HELMET PROBABLY RESIN IMPREGNATED FABRIC/ METAL (POSSIBLY BRASS) PT ON FRONT, CREST PROBABLY MADE OF LEATHER & PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

36.8 cm

Width

30.5 cm

Height

18.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Clothing & personal safety apparatus

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cairns

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Clifton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED SOMETIME FROM 1930'S TO 1960'S (BASED ON TYPE OF MATERIALS USED)

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO BE WORN BY A FIREFIGHTER TO HELP PROTECT THE HEAD FROM HEAT, FIRE, OBJECTS HITTING THE HEAD, ETC.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR DESIGNED USING MATERIAL THE MFR. CLAIMED WAS BOTH HARD ENOUGH TO RESIST BLOWS & FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO AVOID CRACKING

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL INSIDE 'CAIRNS & BROTHER, INC./ CAIRNS/ FLINT/ TRADEMARK/ FLEX/ HARDNESS TO/ RESIST BLOWS/ FLEXIBILITY TO/ AVOID CRACKING/ HELMETS/ ALLWOOD, CLIFTON, N.J.'/ ANOTHER LABEL WHICH HAS ALMOST ALL BEEN TORN OUT - CAN STILL SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE '6' FOLLOWED BY A HALF SIZE '7' OVER AN '8'/ CREST ON FRONT 'DCL/ 8/ FD'

Missing

INTERIOR HEADBAND

Finish

BLACK WITH FABRIC TEXTURE PATTERN/ BRASS COLOUR PT ON FRONT, WITH RED CIRCLE ON EACH SIDE OF IT/ CREST IS BLACK WITH RED & WHITE

Decoration

PROTRUDING SECTION ON FRONT HAS SAME DESIGN ON EACH SIDE: 'CROSS PATY' SHAPE WITH CIRCLE IN CENTER/ ONE ARM OF CROSS CONTAINS IMAGE OF A LADDER, ANOTHER ARM CONTAINS IMAGE OF FIRE HYDRANT/ SMALL SCROLL DESIGNS IN EACH CORNER OF PROTRUDING SECTION