Rare Ca 1937-41 Cass County North Dakota Badge of Sheriff Arnim E Roethke

Rare ca 1937-41 Cass County, North Dakota Badge of Sheriff Arnim E. Roethke. This is a great little two-tone badge originally worn by Sheriff Arnim E. Roethke when he was Sheriff of Cass County North Dakota from 1937 to 194The badge reads: "A. E. ROETHKE SHERIFF CASS COUNTY". The brief bio on the Cass County History of the Sheriff's Office reads as follows :
Arnim Roethke was originally from Tower City, North Dakota where he was a butcher, grocer, cattle buyer, and town marshall. In 1937 he came to Fargo after being elected to the office of Cass County Sheriff. Arnim Roethke passed away in 1958.
This is a great badge of an old time North Dakota Lawman who reached the pinnacle of his career as a full Sheriff in the years just before WWII, when the west was finally tamed.
Gold plated brass (mostly polished off front) with nickel silver seal.

Circa 1937-1941

Approximately 2" in height x 1-1/4".in width.

Gold plated brass (mostly polished off front) with nickel silver seal.

Vertical kick pin with drop in locking catch.

"ART BURNSIDE POLICE EQUIPMENT - SPOKANE, WASH."

This is from a police and law enforcement collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAEJX15 LACGEX3/15 STRVAJJJX06/15/21

7 (Very Fine): Badge shows light to moderate wear, mostly on high points, some of the gold plating and painted details remain intact.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.