Collection Highlights
The Truant Gamblers (Undutiful Boys)
1835
1858.23
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
FDNY badge with purple bunting
Object name
FDNY badge with purple bunting
Description
Sheild-shaped, machine-embroidered patch with an image of the Twin Towers.
Credit Line
Gift of Andre Cox
Object Number
2001.309
Gallery Label
According to a letter sent to the NYHS by John Condon, firefighter Andre Cox of Ladder Company 43 designed a purple bunting addition to the FDNY department logo patch as a memorialized addendium for those department members who suffered grevious losses. At the time the letter was sent, this design had not been officially aproved by the FDNY.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
