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A firefighter's helmet carved on a monument, often with crossed axes or a ladder.
Also known as: Firefighter's helmet, Fireman's helmet on a grave, Crossed axes and helmet
A helmet with an extended rear brim, usually with crossed axes, a ladder or a hose. Almost always genuinely occupational, and frequently found on monuments erected collectively by a brigade rather than by a family.
A firefighter's helmet, distinguished by its long rear brim and front shield, carved on a monument and generally accompanied by crossed axes, a ladder, a hose or a hydrant.
Contexts: History
Reliably occupational: the objects are specific to the service and were not adopted as general emblems, and such monuments are frequently erected collectively by a brigade or department rather than by a family.
Frequently appears alongside a Maltese cross, which many fire services adopted as a badge form and which is a service emblem rather than a religious statement.
A helmet shown from the side with a domed curve to the crown, a small raised front shield and a broad brim sweeping down at the back, often with two axes crossed behind it.
Fire services widely adopted the Maltese cross as a badge form, and it appears with the helmet on their memorials.