Circa 1900 Chicago Police "Pie Plate" Badge

This is a circa 1900 "pie plate" badge for the Chicago Police Department. The badge was made by C. H. Hanson of Chicago and has a nice clear maker's mark. It is a large, very convex six-pointed star with the City seal and brass numbers affixed to it. The City seal is very hard to still make out due to a lot of polishing, but it does shows remnants of details pointing to a pre-1905 placement of an American Indian on the left side. This is possibly the most worn example of this badge.

Circa 1900.

Approximately 3-1/4" in height and 2-15/16" in width.

Nickeled brass, brass.

Vertical safety-style pin with saddle.

C. H. HANSON CHICAGO.

This is from a police and law enforcement collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. TREJX11 LBHEX12/12 SBHEX1/13

7 (Very Fine): The badge has some wear and a lot of polishing; City seal at center is hard to see now.

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