Old West ca 1880 Visalia CA Deputy Constable Badge Jeweler Made from a Coin Silver Watch Case

What we have here is an x000D Incredible, Old West ca 1880 Visalia CA Deputy Constable Badge Jeweler Made x000D from a Coin Silver Watch Case.

 It is very hard to find x000D true "Old West" badges from California, as it was tamed a lot earlier than x000D Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Kansas, The Dakotas, Most of Texas, and x000D Oklahoma for sure!

 But here we have a real "Old West" badge from the middle of the state, Tulare County: a beautifully x000D hand-engraved, Deputy Constable Badge from Visalia, the "Tombstone of x000D California" at the time. Jeweler-made from a Coin Silver Watchcase, and x000D sporting a beautiful old T pin, this badge has it all.

 John Butterfield's Overland x000D Stage route from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco stopped in Visalia, x000D beginning in 1859.

 In 1893, the train bandits x000D and murderers John Sontag and Chris Evans were apprehended, badly wounded, x000D outside Visalia in what is called The Battle of Stone Corral. Sontag died three x000D weeks later in police custody in Fresno; Evans was sent to Folsom State Prison. x000D The badge was possibly worn by Walter Boggan or Robert Broder, both Deputy x000D Constables in Visalia around the time the badge would have been made.

 For more info on The Battle x000D of Stone Corral:

 https://www.angelfire.com/falcon/sundog/sontag evans.dhumphrey.html

 For more info on Sontag x000D & Evans:

 https://www.angelfire.com/falcon/sundog/sontagevans.dhump.html

Circa 1880.

Approximately: 1-3/4" in height x 1-11/16" in width.

Hand formed & engraved Coin Silver with nickel findings.

Vertical T- pin with C catch.

7 (Very Fine): Light to moderate wear, lovely patina: moderate on front, moderate to heavy on back. 

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