Sacramento Police Badges

Engraved Sacramento Corporal #10 Police, sterling silver badge. Dated 9-27-22. Issued to Lee Parker.
Budd & Carol Johnson Collection.

Corporal Lee Parker wearing sterling silver badge #10,
Circa 1924.

Engraved Sacramento Detective Sergeant #10 Police badge, sterling silver badge. Circa 2-16-25.

Engraved Sacramento Patrol Sergeant #17 Police badge, sterling silver badge Circa 6-5-33.

Engraved Superintendent Juvenile Department Police Sacramento badge, sterling silver badge. Circa 1930.

Superintendent Juvenile Department (Captain) Sacramento Police, Circa 1930.

Sacramento Bee
08 Sep 1923

Sacramento Bee
16 Jun 1933

1st issue Sacramento Police badge number 19.
Sterling silver.
Budd & Carol Johnson Collection.

Cabinet photo by Baldwin of Sacramento Police officer William Lowell wearing 1st issue badge number 10.

Earliest Sacramento Police badge in my collection.

Charles A. Bliss was born Sep. 3, 1871 and died Oct. 2, 1967 at age 96. In July 1912 he took office as the Sacramento Commissioner of Public Health and Safety which controlled the Police and Fire departments. His badge is made of Coin Silver with hard fired black enamel. On the back is stamped Coin Silver.
I purchased this badge from his son
Charles A. Bliss Jr.

Charles A. Bliss, Commissioner of Public Health and Safety.

The Sacramento Union
June 13, 1921

1912

Circa 1850’s.

1920

Sacramento Police Inspector badge made of sterling silver by the Ed Jones Co. Oakland, CAL and
worn by Howard M. Sitton, circa 1920. He was born in 1866 and died 29 Apr 1924 in Sacramento.
Budd & Carol Johnson Collection.

Sacramento Bee July 1, 1920

Oakland Tribune March 13, 1920

1922

T. M. Koening wore Sacramento Detective Sergeant #5 badge, and went on to become Chief of Police, Circa 1922.

Engraved Sacramento Detective Sergeant #5 Police badge, sterling silver . Circa 1922.
Budd & Carol Johnson Collection.

1925

Patrolman get Silver Stars

1928

1930

1933

Engraved Sacramento Captain of Police badge,
sterling with 14k gold applied letters and embellishments, made by J. N. Phillips Circa 1895.
Note: John N. Phillips was listed in the Sacramento City Directory of 1893 as a Manufacturing Jeweler and Diamond Setter 627 J St. He had relocated from San Francisco where he had his jewelry business.