Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: This is a stunning circa 1870s or 1880s "OLD WEST" stock constable shield badge. The badge has a J.H. Fleharty & Company of Cincinnati, Ohio maker mark and a T-style pin. The CONSTABLE is oriented at a 45 angle with great decorative...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful constable circle-star badge. It is in a great size at just about 2" across. It is a solid 1890s piece, and maybe even dates to the late 1880s, having no saddle on the pin. There is some nice yellowing to the nickel, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a police whistle from the 1920s in a mottled olive and gold colored celluloid with a plated brass ring. The bottom of the whistle is more of a forest green, which was probably the whistle's original color. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s...

ARTIFACT: Ron is modeling a great 1970s-80s Pittsburgh, PA Police Department policeman's leather jacket. It has a nice corduroy collar and a nice old wool felt Pittsburgh Police Department patch. It is set up to be worn with a gun belt that is no longer...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1890s or early 1900s "sap" police club. It is made of leather, lead and spring steel. This sap came to us along with a circa 1880s police billy club made of lignum vitae that is for sale separately (please see link at...

ARTIFACT: This is a set of brass knuckles that are actually made out of nickel-plated iron, with four rounded loops for the fingers and a bar joining them which rests in the palm. Brass knuckles were used by the United States military at least until...

ARTIFACT: This is a McCord's patented police combination rattle, whistle and billy club from the 1850s. The club is wooden with a brass sleeve over the club part. The whistle and the rattle are joined and the whistle pivots out at a forty-five degree...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1905 police call box system headquarters installation plaque. The plaque is from Nashua, New Hampshire, and lists the name of the city's Mayor, Andros B. Jones, as well as its three Police Commissioners, its City...

ARTIFACT: This is a nineteenth century billy club made of lignum vitae, a very durable wood from which cricket and croquet balls are usually made. The club may have been used either by a police officer or in a nautical setting. The club is short and...

ARTIFACT: This is an old leather "sap" from the 1930s in unusually fine condition. The leather is still supple and the strap is strong. Inside there is a heavy spring and a lead weight to pack quite a punch. A sap was sometimes carried by authorities...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s-1880s police belt, buckle and nightstick holder. The belt buckle is interlocking, with one half shaped like a circle reading POLICE that fits into another wreath-shaped half. A nightstick holder is looped over the belt,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1971 commendation plaque for "extreme heroism" given to John A. Clarke by the City of Los Angeles for saving the life of a police officer trapped in a burning car. The plaque shows the seal of the City of Los Angeles in full color and...