1890s Newburyport, Mass. Police Radiator Badge #12 with Maker Mark

This is a beautiful circa early 1890s Newburyport, Massachusetts Police radiator badge. It is in silver-plated nickel and is numbered 1The badge has a Mitchell Boston maker mark on reverse. A classic port village in Essex County in northern Massachusetts, Newburyport is one of the oldest settlements in the Commonwealth, established in 1635.

Circa early 1890s.

Approximately 2-11/16" in height and 2-3/8" in width.

Silver-plated nickel.

Vertical safety-style pin, rectangular saddle.

Mitchell Boston maker mark.

This is from an old Massachusetts police and law enforcement badge collection that we will be listing more of over the next few months. VBJJM14 LCIEX7/14 TR&SDEJX9/14

7- (Very Fine-): The badge has some light to medium wear/tarnish and a shallow dent near the bottom edge.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.