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...
Like any other occupation, business or hobby, patch collecting has its own terminology. Long before digital cameras and scanners, if a collector was trading or selling a patch, he had to describe it. Colors...
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...
The first old west replica law badges commercially produced were made by L.A. Stamp and Stationery in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These were sold at popular tourist attractions like Knott's Berry Farm and...
These are all hallmarks of badges produced through The Baird Company in association with Harry Blazer and one other associate. BNB is the most frequently seen hallmark and it is almost always seen within the...
The Baird Company never manufactured badges. There were a very few badges Manufactured by Irvine Jachens for The Baird Company with this hallmark. These were manufactured in the 1970s and some were restrikes...
The first ever full size LAPD series six replicas were made in the Phillipines by retired San Francisco Police Lieutenant James Hurley in the mid 1970s. He along with two California collectors financed and...
Over the past years many California State Police and Highway Patrol badges have been offered on the collector market with titles that have never been used, like PILOT, K-9, MAJOR, DIVER, SWAT, CORPORAL,...
Addison B.C. Jones was one of the most prolific manufacturers of replica badges in the history of police collecting. I first came in contact with him in the 1960s when he was located in Beverly Hills. He...
International Police Equipment Company was started as a part time enterprise by an alarm agent in the late 50s or early 1960s. They started with an eagle top pinched shield, with a 5 point star in the center...