Firestone Tire Pottstown Plant (PA) Patrolman Badge - Obsolete

Description

Overall good condition for age, does show signs of use and wear (enamel fading on some letters) Post and screw are intact and in working order. Measures 3 inches tall x 1 3/4 inches width. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.***At the start of WWII the U.S. Govt built a 1 million square foot plant in Pottsgrove Township (PA) the plant was occupied by Jacobs Aircraft. by 1944 the demand for tires was so great Firestone was asked to come to take over the Pottstown Plant as Jacobs contract was about to expire and they demand for engines were down. Firestone took over the plant in Feb. 1945 and began to produce tires for military vehicles. Firestone remained at the plant until 1980 when they announced they would be closing 6 plants across the U.S.***