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ARTIFACT: Nice Civil War era Charlestown, Massachusetts policeman CDV (carte de visite). Strangely, the policeman is not wearing a breast badge, but his jacket buttons show the letters "CP" (Charlestown Police) and the Bunker Hill Monument embossed on...

ARTIFACT: Nice Civil War era Charlestown, Massachusetts policeman CDV (carte de visite). Strangely, the policeman is not wearing a breast badge, but his jacket buttons show the letters "CP" (Charlestown Police) and the Bunker Hill Monument embossed on...

ARTIFACT: This is a full-length photograph of a policeman from Reading, Pennsylvania who served in the 1870s. He is dressed in uniform and is in a classic period pose with his right hand resting on the back of a divan. There is handwritten information on...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s tintype of what appears to be a Boston, Massachusetts police officer. The officer is obviously a Civil War veteran from the fact that he is wearing an early 1870s GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) membership medal (please...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s CDV (carte de visite) photograph of a Boston, Massachusetts police officer. The officer's hat badge number 237 shows up quite well in the photo. The CDV was a small photograph patented by French photographer André Disdéri...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1900 cabinet photograph from the Newport, Kentucky Police Department. The photo is matted and shows eight officers in full uniform outside. Writing on the reverse of the photo documents this as having been taken at a...

ARTIFACT: Nice circa 1913 Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) of Missoula, Montana Then City Marshal Richard J. Whitaker. The photo shows the City Marshal seated, legs crossed wearing a suit jacket and large 6-point CITY MARSHAL badge, both visible and readable,...

ARTIFACT: Rare, short-lived circa 1990 Philadelphia Ranger Corps, Park Ranger badge as worn at Fairmount Park. The badge features a raised center that features a green and yellow enameled embellishment that reads: "PHILADELPHIA RANGER CORPS" in...

ARTIFACT: 1970's Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, Type The award was given to all ranks of the Soviet Union's Army, Navy, and Air Force. The badge shows a red star with a sword and bayonet in the background and a hammer and sickle at center. The...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1970's USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Order of the Badge of Honor Type 4, Variation The badge was once awarded by the Soviet Union to civilians and institutions with notable accomplishments or advancements in labor, the civil...

ARTIFACT: Cold War era CCCP USSR Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-4It hangs from a post-1943 ribbon mount in black and orange and was awarded to Soviet service personnel who were on active service during The Great...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Cold War era Soviet Russian guard badge in a heavy, early construction with a screwback. The badge is nicely enameled with a large red flag at the top and a red star at center. The reverse shows a star-shaped maker mark...