Presented Badges, Stars, Shields

Presented Badges, Stars & Shields

Presented to J Barneberg By Member’s of S. L. Obispo Branch of the Workingmen’s Party February 9th 1878.

John W. Barneberg was born in 1851 in Iowa and died March 9, 1930. In 1883 he was the Tax Collector.

Police Officer San Luis Obispo, 1878 Presentation badge, jeweler made, sterling silver, hand engraved, hard fired enamel.

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William Cornelius McCarthy in January of 1920 was promoted to the positiion of a U.S. Officer for the Internal Revenue Service. His 1918 WWI Draft Registration shows his job as Deputy Collector IRS. A native son of California he was born in San Francisco on April 12, 1884 and died on April 22, 1959. The badge is hand engraved 14k gold with hard fired blue enamel

Back of gold badge reads: Presented to Wm. C. McCarthy As A Token Of Esteem From His Fellow Employes Jan. 1, 1920.

Albina Chief of Police presentation badge, made of sterling silver with hard fired black enamel, over 3” tall. Circa 1890.

Presentation reads: Presented by shopmates /
to John Courtin /
Albina Shops

14k gold presentation Captain of Inspectors badge with monogramed initials in the center H E E G

Back of Captain of inspectors badge showing presentation:
Presented to
H. E. E. Green
By the Members of the
Inspectors Bureau
Sept. 1st, 1917

14k gold presentation badge, Captain of Detectives, Bureau of Police Philadelphia.

Back of badge showing presentation: Presented to
Captain Harry D. Heanley
By the Commanding Officers
Of the 2nd Division
June 7th, 1930.

Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Inspector presentation badge, hallmarked Entenmann.

Ins. E. F. Hastings From Officers of Montrose Station
11-2-’38

Jacob W. Schmitt's solid gold Superintendent of Cleveland Police presentation badge. The badge is over 4 1/2" tall. Presentation: J. W. Schmitt / on his 25th Anniver'y / PUBLIC SERVICE / Vom Stammtisch / May 20, 1882. The badge is hallmarked P. L. Miles. It remains in the original jewelers wooden box. Inside the box is covered in silk lining which has the printed company name: P. L. Miles & Co. Mftg. Jewelers 314 Euclid Av. Cleveland. 4 3/4" tall.
The Vom Stammtisch translates from German to English as "Group of Regulars."

This elaborate and unique 14k gold suspension badge is in the form of a belt. The wording “Dep. Marshal of Police” appears in hard black enamel. The inner and outer borders are outlined in hard red enamel. The emblem of the Maryland Jockey Club, in yellow and white gold, is suspended in the center. The inscription on the reverse of the badge reads, “Jacob Frey From The Maryland Jockey Club / Spring Meeting 1882”. Frey was appointed to the Baltimore Police force with the rank of Captain in 1867, was made Deputy Marshal in 1870 and Marshal in 1885. He served as Marshal (Chief of Police) until 1897.
Private Collection.

The inscription on the reverse of the badge reads, “Jacob Frey From The Maryland Jockey Club / Spring Meeting 1882”.

John Trathen Mayor Idaho Springs Colo beautiful 14k gold presentation badge. April 2nd 1901. Jeweler made.

Portrait of Marshal Hitchcock wearing his 14k gold Marshal of the Hawaiian Islands presentation badge.

Back of 14k gold badge showing presentation:
C. G. Hitchcock
Mar’ 20’ 1894 from The Police of Hawaii.

14k gold Marshal Hawaiian Islands badge. Marshal was the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the country and all the Sheriff’s of the various islands reported to him.