Here is a list of unclaimed badges of Aurora firefighters, including badge numbers and the year start of service:
11, Phillip Ready, 1893, 13, Asst. Chief Thomas Lamb, 1894, 14, Asst. Chief Henry Hamsmith, 1894, 16, M. B. Olinger, 1895, 17, Mike O’Neil, 1895, 18, J. S. Schmidt, 1895, 20, Capt. Bernard Weiler, 1898, 21, Henry Steinmetz, 1898, 23, Lawrence J. Maloney, 1901, 24, Capt. Jessie Bird, 1905, 25, Henry A. O’Hara, 1905, 26, William Greenaway, 1905, 27, Charles Chase, 1905, 33, Casper “Gus” J Meishch, 1906, 34, John Paulus, 1906, 35, Capt. Valentine Schilitz, 1906, 36, Henry Gabielson, 1906, 29, Capt. George W. Lowe, 1906, 31, August Mehnert, 1906, 32, Albert Retterer, 1906, 37, Thomas Haggerty, 1907, 38, John Bird, 1907, 39, Lawrence Katheiser, 1907, 40, Capt. Charles Schroeder, 1907, 41, Phil Reedy, 1907, 43, Charles Garbe, 1907, 45, Antony Brugger, 1907, 46, George Mallory, 1907, 47, J.G. Slater, 1908, 48, Chief Edward J. Ryan, 1908, 50, Chief Lloyd Gramley, 1908, 51, Andrew Gering, 1909, 52, Hugo Pruter, 1909, 53, Fred Zeich, 1909, 54, J.W. Quick, 1909, 57, Elmer Shaw, 1910, 58, Godfrey Dumont, 1910, 60, Asst. Chief Nicholas Schmit, 1910, 61, Frank Kramer, 1910, 63, William Rottsolk, 1911, 70, John Kramp, 1912, 71, Anthony G. Burgholzer, 1912, 72, Nick Petesch, 1913, 73, Walter Wilson, 1913, 74, Ed Tasted, 1913, 76, Harry Cramer, 1914, 79, Capt. William Mende, 1914, 81, Lt. Herman Rottsolk, 1916, 85, Albert Burgholzer, 1916, 90, Herbert P. Meyer, 1917, 91, Paul Reiss, 1917, 94, Frank J. Cooper, 1918, 98, Edward Bonifas, 1918, 105, Bernard Meisch, 1924, 108, Harry Bous, 1925, 109, Lyle Brown, 1925, 110, Rudolph J. Malaker, 1926, 113, Martin J. Carpentier, 1927, 115, William J. Buckley, 1928, 116, Clarence Krietz, 1929, 117, John Riley, Sr., 1929, 120, Adrian L. Ayersman, 1930, 121, David Hickey, 1930, 122, John Kellen, 1931, 126, Charles Cassidy, 1935, 127, Milton Bauman, 1935, 129, Alfred C. Wilson, 1935, 130, Paul Caltry, 1936, 131, Anthony W. Tuma, 1936, 135, Carl J. Zilly, 1942, 136, Henry A. Kresser, 1942, 138, Harold E. Schoberlein, 1943, 140, Harry J. Tannenbaum, 1943, 141, Richard Modaff, 1944, 142, Robert E. Patterson, 1944, 143, Francis McMahon, 1944, 145, Peter Schafer, 1944, 147, George C. Vaghy, 1947, 149, Ralph T. Kramp, 1947, 151, Norman C. Buhrmann, 1948, 152, Lester A. Hilger, 1949, 156, John E. Riley, 1950, 158, Walter Dabney, 1950, 159, John F. Aister, 1950, 160, Royal F. Smith, 1950, 161, John F. Perkins, 1951, 162, Robert Stiegleiter, 1951, 166, Arthur Stiegleiter Sr., 1952, 167, David A. Tabor, 1952, 168, Robert V. Marks, 1952, 169, William D. Shafer, 1952, 163, Dale E. Plott, 1952, 164, Donald Kramp, 1952, 170, Melvin H. Weiss, 1953, 172, Dean F. Poirel, 1953, 173, Ronald Woodward, 1953, 174, Joseph Becker, 1953, 175, Albert Q. Pozzi, 1953, 176, Richard Sholtz, 1954, 177, Ronald Edwards, 1954, 178, Kurt Weber, 1954, 179, Donald J. Dodson, 1955, 180, Herald Lieser, 1955, 181, James Pini, 1955, 183, Theofil Lazar, 1955, 184, Robert Miller, 1956, 185, William Meszaros, 1956, 186, James J. Hannon, 1956, 187, Charles Haussmann, 1956, 188, Curtis J. Holst, 1956, 190, Ronald C. Benter, 1956.
— Aurora Regional Fire Museum
