Antique Fire Truck Patch — Order This Star of Life Oval Design
Design S0723A at a glance
An oval that tells a department’s history in apparatus: antique fire trucks with axes and a star of life, stitched in red, navy and gold inside a gold edge. The lettering carries a town name, a fire-rescue line, a volunteer designation, a serving-the-community line and a founding year — the full résumé of a volunteer rescue company on one patch.
Oval shapeGold merrowed borderAntique fire trucksAxesStar of lifeFounding-year lettering
About this antique trucks and star of life oval
Showing more than one antique truck turns a single-engine emblem into a lineage — the department’s apparatus history in one frame. The axes speak to suppression and the star of life to the rescue and medical calls a modern volunteer company answers. The oval gives the vehicles a wide horizontal stage, which is why it suits this subject better than a round.
Order it as shown or tailor it: set your town and founding year, reword the volunteer and community lines, or have the trucks redrawn to match your own antique apparatus from a photo. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order — your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after you order, and nothing is produced until you approve it.
Antique fire truck patch quick facts
- Embroidered antique fire truck patches cost $3.00–$20.00 each depending on quantity, with a 10-patch minimum.
- Rush production takes 7–10 days and is available on every custom patch.
- Ovals give vehicle art more horizontal room than a round of the same height.
- Founding-year and town lettering are the two changes requested on nearly every heritage fire order.
- Heritage ovals usually run about 3.5" tall by 4.5" wide for shoulder and station-shirt wear.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this antique fire truck oval: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for dress uniforms, iron-on for station tees, velcro for bag flaps
- Sizes: 2"–12" — 3.5" × 4.5" ovals suit shoulders; 9"+ for jacket backs
- Colorways: red, navy and gold as shown, or a black field with red trucks
- Border: gold merrowed (shown) or red to match the apparatus
- Thread: metallic gold for lettering and border; era-correct reds for the trucks
- Artwork: the trucks redraw from photos of your own antique apparatus at no art charge
Who orders this design
Volunteer fire-rescue companies, departments approaching a milestone anniversary, and antique apparatus restoration groups attached to a station order this oval. It works for station wear, parade uniforms and retiree gifts, and companies often add a jacket-back size in the same run.
Custom antique fire truck patch pricing — embroidered
| Quantity | Price per patch |
|---|---|
| 10–19 | $20.00 |
| 20–29 | $14.00 |
| 30–49 | $11.00 |
| 50–74 | $6.50 |
| 75–99 | $6.00 |
| 100–249 | $5.50 |
| 250–499 | $3.00 |
Rush production in 7–10 days is available on all custom patches. Design your changes in the markup tool above, or get this patch quoted exactly as shown.
What your quote covers
- Your exact spec — quantity, size, backing, and colorway, priced to the piece
- A free digital mockup within 4 hours, before you commit to anything
- Rush production in 7–10 days whenever you need it
- No setup, digitizing, or art fees — the table price is the whole price
How ordering this patch works
Request a quote
Send this design (marked up or as-is) with your quantity. Quotes are answered 24/7 within 4 hours.
Approve your proof
Your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after ordering. Nothing is produced until you approve it.
We verify & produce
Law-enforcement orders are verified with your agency before production — standard practice since 1999.
Delivery confirmed
We confirm your shipping address by phone, then email tracking the day your patches ship.
🏛 Bidding for your department or agency? We answer bids, RFQs and purchase-order quotes — see how agency bids and RFQs work, or tick “This quote is for a bid” in the quote form.
Antique fire truck patch questions
Can the trucks match the apparatus our department actually ran?
Yes. Send photos of your antique engines and we redraw them in the oval at no art charge, era and livery included.
Can we remove the star of life if we don’t run EMS?
Yes. Mark it in the design tool and we replace it with a hydrant, a helmet or nothing; the oval rebalances on your proof.
Can all the lettering lines be reworded?
Yes. Town, fire-rescue line, volunteer designation, community line and founding year all restitch to your wording.
Is an oval or a round better for vehicle art?
An oval. The extra width keeps a row of vehicles from shrinking, which is why this design uses one. If your uniform standard requires a round, we can re-lay it.
How do I request changes to this design?
Circle the trucks, pin notes on any lettering line and switch colors in the quote form’s markup tool. The marked-up oval and any photos you upload attach to your quote.
Looking for other firehouse designs?
This page covers one apparatus-history oval. For Maltese crosses, shields and company rounds, the fire department patch designs alongside this antique trucks and star of life oval cover every station need. Planning an anniversary run or comparing woven detail for vehicle art? The patch ordering guide for an oval of antique fire trucks from photo to proof explains each option.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.