Police & Fire Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s detective six-point star badge for the Standard Detective Agency Secret Service (SDASS) of Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1890, SDASS was a full-service company that offered investigation of missing persons, shadowing...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 National Detective Bureau badge. The badge is in lead-backed nickel and is shield-shaped. It has a classic engraved "all-seeing eye" at the top and a decorative detail at bottom. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Brooks Detective Agency Inc. badge, numbered 649. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: 2-9/16" height and 1-7/8" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Detective badge, possibly from the Lincoln Park Benevolent Horsemen's Association. It is also possibly the Loyal Protective & Benevolent Horsemen's Association. It could be from a Horse Thief Detective Association as...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 private detective badge from the United Detective Association (UDA) of Toledo, Ohio. The badge is shield-shaped and has an engraved all-seeing eye at the top. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club patch. The patch is fully embroidered and shows a knight riding a motorcycle across the globe at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s. SIZE: Approximately 2-15/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s Harvard University (Boston, Massachusetts) Police patch. The patch is embroidered upon black twill and shows the school's coat of arms at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s. SIZE: Approximately 4-13/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1980's Department of Justice United States Marshal patch. It is fully embroidered. VINTAGE: Circa 1980's. SIZE: Approximately 3-15/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered in cotton/polyester threads...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1980's Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) patch. It is embroidered on twill. VINTAGE: Circa 1980's. SIZE: Approximately 3-1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Twill embroidered in...

ARTIFACT: 1970's Department of Defense police shoulder patch. The dark blue twill embroidered patch reads: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICE" and is backed with treated gauze. VINTAGE: Circa 1970's SIZE: Approximately 4" in length x 2" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a generic circa 1980s Georgia County Sheriff Department patch, without a county name embroidered upon it. VINTAGE: Circa 1980's. SIZE: Approximately 4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Twill embroidered in cotton/polyester...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1970's Sheriff Department uniform patch for Cochise County, Arizona, the county seat of which is Bisbee. Cochise was an Apache chief who resisted white advances into his homeland. The patch is shaped like an arrowhead and...