Private Detective & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950's Master Detective #3082 International Service System Badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome Plated Brass with Nickel Findings, and black painted...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940'Ss-1950s Kilgore Detective Agency Badge from Hermitage, Pittsburgh #255. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver with black painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s Colorado private detective badge named to R.M. Pierson. The front of the badge lists the badge license number. The badge is in the clamshell design and has the Colorado State seal at is center. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s sergeant badge for the Interstate Detective and Patrol Services, possibly a Utah outfit. The badge is large and is numbered 78 on the front. VINTAGE: Circa late 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 2-15/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s J and P Detective Agency badge. The badge is somewhat convex and has a handsome burnished look. Because it was made in pure copper, there is a chance that the Agency was located in Arizona. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is an old brass sign from the National Detective System. The sign is shield-shaped and warned the reader that the property to which the sign is affixed was protected by the National Detective System. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s-1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa late 1930s Inspector badge for the Argus Detective Investigation Service of New Mexico. The badge was made by the Los Angeles Stamp & Stationery Company and has blue enamel details with a small raised Seal of the State...

ARTIFACT: This is a very interesting WWI era badge from the District of Columbia Detective Agency. The Federal eagle at the center of the badge may denote government contract work, especially since the named wearer of the badge,Edward L. Weikert was the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s or 1930s detective badge for the State of New Jersey Secret Service, a private detective agency. An employee of the firm later went on to work on the high-profile Lindbergh Baby case. The badge is in the sunburst style and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early badge from the National Detective Bureau named to George Little on the reverse. The badge shows the all - seeing - eye at top with light radiating from it. VINTAGE: Circa 1910's - 1920's. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Whitewater Detective Association (WDA) commissioned officer badge. This association was a "horse thief" detective organization from Hamilton, Ohio. The badge has a maker mark on reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1920s "stock" private detective six-point star badge by Irvine & Jachens of San Francisco, California. This badge has a lot going on: engraved stars, curclicues and an all-seeing "eye" at its center...