Steam Fire Engine Patch — Order This Brick Tower Badge Design
Design S0827A at a glance
A badge-shaped patch with a gold border, built around a steam fire engine with a brick tower and a sun, in red, navy and gold. Lettering covers a full fire and rescue service name, a founding year, a motto and a station line. It is a heritage design — the steam pumper nods to a department's earliest days — and every lettering field restitches to your station.
Badge cutGold merrowed borderSteam fire engineBrick towerSunStation lettering
About this steam engine heritage design
Before diesel, there was steam — and a steam pumper is the clearest way to tell people your department has been answering calls for generations. This badge sets the engine with a brick tower that recalls old station architecture, plus a sun that warms the red and gold palette. It works as a dress patch, a heritage-day piece or a full uniform shoulder.
Customize it with your own history: redraw the engine from a photo of your department's first apparatus, swap the tower for your original station house, or update the station line for each house in the department. 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.
Steam fire engine patch quick facts
- Embroidered steam engine patches cost $3.00–$20.00 each depending on quantity, with a 10-patch minimum.
- Rush production finishes in 7–10 days.
- Heritage apparatus patches are most often ordered for department anniversaries and musters.
- Fine engine detail stitches best at 4" or larger; jacket backs run 10" to 12".
- Red, navy and gold is the classic palette for fire service heritage patches.
- Owl Badges is a Simi Valley, California badge and patch manufacturer founded in 1999.
Customize this steam engine badge: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for dress uniforms, iron-on for t-shirts and caps, velcro for gear bags
- Sizes: 3"–12" — 4"+ keeps the engine detail crisp
- Colorways: red, navy and gold as shown, or black-and-gold and antique tones
- Border: gold merrowed (shown) or a red merrowed edge
- Thread: metallic gold for the engine brightwork and sun
- Artwork: redraw the engine or tower from photos of your own apparatus and station at no art charge
Who orders this design
Fire and rescue services with long histories order this badge for anniversaries, musters and dress uniforms. Historical societies and retiree associations attached to departments buy it for members, and some stations use it as their everyday shoulder patch. Anniversary orders often add a large jacket-back version for display.
Custom steam fire engine 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.
Steam fire engine patch questions
Can you redraw our department's original engine?
Yes. Send a photo of your antique apparatus — even an old print — and we redraw it into the badge at no art charge.
Can the brick tower become our first station?
Yes. A photo of your original firehouse lets us replace the tower with your actual building.
Is this patch suitable for a 100th or 150th anniversary?
Yes — heritage layouts like this are a common anniversary choice. Add the anniversary years to the station line or a rocker beneath.
What size keeps the engine detail sharp?
4 inches or larger for embroidery. For smaller sizes, woven construction holds finer lines.
How do I send our changes?
Use the quote form's markup tool: circle the engine or tower, pin notes, upload reference photos and choose a colorway. It all attaches to your quote.
Planning a different kind of fire patch?
Heritage designs are one corner of the catalog. The fire department patch selection from steam engine heritage badges to modern crosses shows every shape we stitch for stations. To compare woven detail with embroidery and see pricing tiers, the patch hub explaining builds for brick-tower anniversary badges covers it before you order.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.