Private Detective & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a handmade circa 1870 Kansas Detective Bureau badge. The badge reads KANSAS DETECTIVE BUREAU. VINTAGE: Circa 1870. SIZE: 2-1/2" height and 2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1870s Rocky Mountain Mounted Patrol (or Posse) badge. The badge reads NO. 7 UP R.M.M.P. The badge shows two hands raised in submission on either side of the word UP along with two crossed pistols and a knife. VINTAGE: Circa 1870s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s California Kaiser Services Investigator for Special Police #6 badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: About 2-1/8" in width by 3-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt silver with enameled lettering. ATTACHMENT: Vertical...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1890s "stock" Private Detective six-pointed star badge. The badge has a great design with short strokes engraved all around the edge creating a fringe-like border and an eye motif at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: 2-9/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1900 "stock" private detective badge in a cut-out star design. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: 2-1/16" height and 1-3/4" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1900s-1910s "stock" private detective shield badge by a California maker. The badge has an eagle at top and has a wonderful shine. VINTAGE: Circa 1900s-1910s. SIZE: 2-11/16" height and 1-13/16" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s-1890s New York State licensed detective badge made in gilt brass. The badge shows the version of the state's seal that New York used through 1883, but badges themselves were still made with the older seal for at least a...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old criminologist badge. Bryant B. Barron was the wearer of this badge during the 1910s-1920s, and was in one of the first generations of criminologists as the term "criminology" was only coined in 1885. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice old circa 1890s or circa 1900 Detective Ð Secret Service badge from a watch case. It is jeweler-made, and had something engraved across the top before it was polished off about a century ago (the patina matches all around). The...

ARTIFACT: This is an early horse thief detective type badge for the Lincoln, Indiana Detective Association that is numbered 1 This association was known for its anti-black stance and KKK tendencies. The badge shows a scene at center of a person pursuing...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Bright, Indiana Detective Association badge. This association was known for its anti-black stance and KKK tendencies. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s. SIZE: 1-9/16" height and 1-7/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1880's Detective badge from the Grannan Detective Bureau of Cincinnati, Ohio. The badge has a delicate zig zag engraved border. VINTAGE: Circa 1880's. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in height and 1-7/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...