Federal Agency Badges

U.S. Department of the Interior Forest Reserve Ranger 1st issue badge made by John Robbins Mfg. Co. Boston, Mass.

Only personnel properly trained were allowed near the storage and handling of U-233. Guards were required to have this special training. The United States produced, over the course of the Cold War, approximately 2 metric tons of uranium-233, in varying levels of chemical and isotopic purity. These were produced at the Hanford Site and Savannah River Site in reactors that were designed for the production of plutonium-239.

Uses for uranium-233 include the production of the medical isotopes actinium-225 and bismuth-213 which are among its daughters, low-mass nuclear reactors for space travel applications, use as an isotopic tracer, nuclear weapons research, and reactor fuel research including the thorium fuel cycle.

The radioisotope bismuth-213 is a decay product of uranium-233; it has promise for the treatment of certain types of cancer, including acute myeloid leukemia and cancers of the pancreas, kidneys and other organs.

U.S. Department of the Interior Forest Reserve Ranger 1st issue badge made by
John Robbins Mfg. Co. Boston, Mass.

Treasury U. S. Customs Service sterling wings.

Bureau of Investigation US Department of Justice shield. It appears to be gold-plated brass and is stamped on the back "Whitehead & Hoag Newark, N.J. Gold Filled" and "553". An eagle appears at top and a shield at the bottom. The background is stippled. Superb detail throughout. It has a C-type pin attachment on the verso. This type of badge saw use between 1908 and 1927. The Bureau of Investigation later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) beginning in 1935.

Whitehead & Hoag New York GOLD FILLED hallmark.

U.S. Customs Inspector No. 25, circa 1874 back of badge showing J. D. Lovett N.Y. hallmark.

U.S. Customs Inspector No. 25, circa 1874 made by J. D. Lovett N. Y.

Treasury Special Agency Service Customs made by Robbins Attleboro Mass. Circa 1920

Treasury Special Agency Service Customs bk

U.S. A. Treasury Specil Agency Service Customs made by Robbins Attleboro Mass. Circa 1920

U.S.A. Treasury Dept. Special Agent Bureau of Prohibition. Hallmarked N. C. Walter & Sons N. Y. Circa 1927 to 1950. This badge is made of sterling and originally had gold plating that was polished off over the years.

This is a picture of the back taken 30 years ago before the dark patina set in. You can still see some ot the gold plating around the pin and catch.