Firefighter uniform
Costumes
Inventory number
2021.11.24.5ag.CO.UF.C1980.FR
Author:
Jean Marie BARRONNIER (French, Paris 1907 - 1981 Chaumont)
Description
Fireman ceremonial uniform consisting of pants, jacket and tie. The jacket is embellished with epaulettes at the rank of chief sergeant of the civil firefighters, non-commissioned officers' lapel badges, the right pocket flap has an insignia with a metal plate representing a salamder (mythical fire lizard) in the middle of a fire in a coat of arms and surrounded by the inscription "Courage et Devouement" (courage and dedication), above the left pocket flap is a Fire Brigade Medal of Honor symbozed by a yellow ribbon with four tricolor borders, the jacket closes with 4 large buttons decorated on the center of a fire and surrounded by the inscription "Sapeurs Pompiers". The pants are decorated with a red braid running down the side of the leg.
Ceremonial uniform that belonged to Mr. Jean VACHERET firefighter chief of Poulangy village in France
Materials
wool
Metal
Acetate
Origin
circa 1980
Chaumont, France