<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I think that's Carl Westberg's old badge, from waaay back when he was a college student…<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 4, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I am thinking of procuring the badge depicted in the photo below.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Could any of you fine V-Peeps (you listenin', Area Man?) authenticate (to one degree or another) the authenticity of its design?</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The text that accompanied these photos:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><div style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; "><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow, Idaho - Fire Dept. Badge # 6 - Made by Pearse Co., Denver.</font></div><div style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR OVERSIZED PHOTOS OF THE BADGE TO BEST VIEW DETAIL AND CONDITION.</strong></div><div style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The badge is in excellent vintage condition and the pinback opens and closes easily as designed. Appears to be nickel silver construction. I have not cleaned the badge and will leave the decision to clean up to the new owner.</span></div><div style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; "><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The badge measures approximately 1 3/4 X 1 1/2 inches.</font></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><span><photo.JPG></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span><image.jpeg></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">If I decide to purchase the badge, and it is received, I will donate it to the Moscow Volunteer Fire Department.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font>http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div><br></div></body></html>