Rare 1st issue Jersey City, New Jersey Police badge, (folded point star) with chain keeper, one of 30 authorized on Novemeber 23, 1852.


Presented To John F. Sheehan Feb'y 15, 1912 By His Friends.





This East Paterson New Jersey police badge is credited with saving the life of the officer who wore it. The suspects bullet hit the badge and as you can see in the photos the badge took quite a beating. In Nov. 1972 the citizens of East Paterson changed the name of the city to Borough of Elmwood Park.
1st issue Paterson, New Jersey Police folded point star.

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