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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 191201, member: 136&quot;]Back in the 1990’s, when I still lived in the DC area, I was on the advisory board of the Firemen&#039;s Insurance Company of Washington, DC. The fire mark you show is similar to theirs, but it is actually the mark for the Firemen&#039;s Insurance Company of Baltimore, Maryland.</p><p><br /></p><p>This original cast iron Fire Mark is from Firemen&#039;s Insurance Company of Baltimore, which was formed in 1825:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]53993[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Firemen&#039;s Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown, founded in 1837, issued their fire mark in 1838. (This mark is very similar to that of the Firemen&#039;s Insurance Company of Baltimore, Maryland):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]53994[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Firemen’s of DC is still in business, but the company was bought out by the WR Berkley Companies and is no longer in DC, but instead is now located just outside Richmond, VA.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may find more info here:</p><p><a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1342316" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1342316" rel="nofollow">http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1342316</a></p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. These Firemen&#039;s Insurance companies are not in any way related to Fireman&#039;s Fund Insurance...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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