Police & Fire Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Nice Civil War era Charlestown, Massachusetts policeman CDV (carte de visite). Strangely, the policeman is not wearing a breast badge, but his jacket buttons show the letters "CP" (Charlestown Police) and the Bunker Hill Monument embossed on...

ARTIFACT: Nice Civil War era Charlestown, Massachusetts policeman CDV (carte de visite). Strangely, the policeman is not wearing a breast badge, but his jacket buttons show the letters "CP" (Charlestown Police) and the Bunker Hill Monument embossed on...

ARTIFACT: This is a full-length photograph of a policeman from Reading, Pennsylvania who served in the 1870s. He is dressed in uniform and is in a classic period pose with his right hand resting on the back of a divan. There is handwritten information on...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s tintype of what appears to be a Boston, Massachusetts police officer. The officer is obviously a Civil War veteran from the fact that he is wearing an early 1870s GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) membership medal (please...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s CDV (carte de visite) photograph of a Boston, Massachusetts police officer. The officer's hat badge number 237 shows up quite well in the photo. The CDV was a small photograph patented by French photographer André Disdéri...

ARTIFACT: Nice circa 1913 Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) of Missoula, Montana Then City Marshal Richard J. Whitaker. The photo shows the City Marshal seated, legs crossed wearing a suit jacket and large 6-point CITY MARSHAL badge, both visible and readable,...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified, unknown early 1930's Dana Pilot Badge # 208 from Dana Point, California and made by Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company. The large badge is green, enameled bronze with a center that features a tall sailing ship, the top of the badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s Johnson Space Center Fireman #3 badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s. SIZE: About 1-9/16" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated nickel with painted accents. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a drop in...

ARTIFACT: Rare, early 1970's NASA Security Patrol Guard hat badge from Johnson Space Center. The chrome plated sunburst-like badge is topped with an eagle and features the NASA Space logo in the center, raised against a background dark blue and...

ARTIFACT: This is a an early 1960's NASA Security Patrol badge from Marshall Space Flight Center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960's. SIZE: 2-1/4" wide by 3-1/4" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated nickel with enamel and painted accents...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Fire Department Fireman's badge #23. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 1-7/8" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel with painted accents. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1946 United Nations badge from New York. Either from the building of the U.N. Building Cornerstone or the Convention of Privileges and Immunities. Prior to 1946, the meetings and conventions of the United Nations were held in scattered...