Ext Rare 1850s District of Columbia Police Badge in Coin Silver

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  • Ext Rare 1850s District of Columbia Police Badge in Coin Silver
  • Ext Rare 1850s District of Columbia Police Badge in Coin Silver
  • Ext Rare 1850s District of Columbia Police Badge in Coin Silver
  • Ext Rare 1850s District of Columbia Police Badge in Coin Silver
  • Ext Rare 1850s District of Columbia Police Badge in Coin Silver
  • Ext Rare 1850s District of Columbia Police Badge in Coin Silver
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Description

ARTIFACT:

This is an Extremely Rare 1850's District of Columbia Police Badge. Early wearer's initials can be seen on the lower legs of Star Pre -Metropolitan Force.

The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland and Virginia ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district, which would encompass the new national capital of the United States, the City of Washington. The district came into existence, with its own judges and marshals, through the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801; previously it was the Territory of Columbia. 

The district was governed directly by the U.S. Congress from the beginning. Alexandria City and County were ceded back from the federal government to the commonwealth of Virginia in 1846, in a process known as retrocession, anticipating the 1850 ban on slave trading (but not slavery) in the district.

Washington and Georgetown retained their separate charters for seventy years, until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 187That act cancelled the charters of the towns and brought the entire area within the district borders under one district government, ending any distinction between "the District of Columbia" and "Washington", making the two terms effectively synonymous.

VINTAGE:

1850s.

SIZE:

Approximately 2-1/4" in diameter.

CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS:

Silver.

ATTACHMENT:

Vertical T-style pin, No Catch.

MARKINGS:

D. C. 
Police

WJP (On left side on lower legs of Star)
AHB (On right side on lower legs of Star)

ITEM NOTES:

This is from a police and law enforcement collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. KFJJP21 LEGIEX07/06/23 SDGAEX04/18/25

CONDITION:

7 (Very Fine): The badge shows minor to moderate wear, and period of repair on back, and missing catch, with great patina. Overall, it is in very fine condition.

GUARANTEE:

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

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