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ARTIFACT:
What we have here is an
Incredible, Old West ca 1880 Visalia CA Deputy Constable Badge Jeweler Made
from a Coin Silver Watch Case.
It is very hard to find
true "Old West" badges from California, as it was tamed a lot earlier than
Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Kansas, The Dakotas, Most of Texas, and
Oklahoma for sure!
But here we have a real "Old West" badge from the middle of the state, Tulare County: a beautifully
hand-engraved, Deputy Constable Badge from Visalia, the "Tombstone of
California" at the time. Jeweler-made from a Coin Silver Watchcase, and
sporting a beautiful old T pin, this badge has it all.
John Butterfield's Overland
Stage route from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco stopped in Visalia,
beginning in 1859.
In 1893, the train bandits
and murderers John Sontag and Chris Evans were apprehended, badly wounded,
outside Visalia in what is called The Battle of Stone Corral. Sontag died three
weeks later in police custody in Fresno; Evans was sent to Folsom State Prison.
The badge was possibly worn by Walter Boggan or Robert Broder, both Deputy
Constables in Visalia around the time the badge would have been made.
For more info on The Battle
of Stone Corral:
https://www.angelfire.com/falcon/sundog/sontag_evans.dhumphrey.html
For more info on Sontag
& Evans:
https://www.angelfire.com/falcon/sundog/sontagevans.dhump.html
VINTAGE:
Circa 1880.
SIZE:
Approximately: 1-3/4" in height x 1-11/16" in width.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Hand formed & engraved Coin Silver with nickel findings.
ATTACHMENT:
Vertical T- pin with C catch.
MARKINGS:
WARRANTEE
COIN SILVER
ITEM NOTES:
7 (Very Fine): Light to moderate wear, lovely patina: moderate on front, moderate to heavy on back.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
