*UPDATED AGAIN - 4-15-2008 -Please vote YES at the end of this guide, if you felt that it was valuable information....thank you! Well, eBay has now made ALL auctions, regardless of amount being bid, "private",...
We Don't Need No Stinking Badges!!! - Wait!! Yes we do!! :-) Since the beginning of civilization, there has been a need for order, and in one way, shape or form, we have had "Policemen" fulfilling that task....
We Don't Need No Stinking Badges!!! - Wait!! Yes we do!! :-) ** UPDATED / PICS ADDED ** 7/27/2007 This guide will HOPEFULLY help you list, and sell, your Police Badges, and in fact, this primer will help you...
Police badges...so many being offered, but so few are worth your time, let alone your hard earned money. I have been collecting police badges since 1978 and I have learned the hard way. First,don't be afraid...
Here is some brief information about the current issue Texas Ranger badge. In October of 1962 Colonel Homer Garrison,Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety and Chief of the Texas Rangers,ordered...
Every day here on eBay I see badges for sale marked "Plantation Police - Runaway Slave Patrol - Georgetown County, South Carolina - 1858". Most sellers offering these badges are honest, upright folks trying to...
This was the first badge of the New York City Police Department. It was made of stamped copper and worn between 1845 and 1857. The term 'copper' and 'cop' is believed to have come from this shield. ...
Many western states, particularly Northern California and Nevada police and sheriff badges will bear the George F. Cake hallmark, either as a round disk applied to the back of the badge, or a stamp resulting...
The Chicago Police badge is being reproduced and sold as authentic. Below is a picture of a real Sergeant's badge and a reproduction FAKE Sergeant's badge. Look at the lettering font style on the rank and the...
Fox Stamp was a legitimate badge company, however they didn't produce the old west brass badges that are so often seen here on ebay, at swap meets and flea markets. The hallmark on the fantasy brass badges...