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Cicero, Illinois. Home of Al Capone. You
reckon this detective
knew the old guy?
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Just outside Cicero... Chicago's Detective
Sergeant badge from the roaring 20's.
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An old eagle-top from Peoria, Illinois,
circa 1920's
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A beautiful sterling silver badge from
Reno, age unknown
but probably circa 1940's. From the Bert Carbo collection.
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Ashtabula, Ohio used this "Cleveland
look-alike" from the 60's to 1993. This badge is for the Detective
Sergeant rank.
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Baldwin Park, California detectives wore this traditional
star with hard blue enamel lettering, probably circa 1940s. |
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Kansas City, Kansas detectives got a gold shield with
applied badge numbers. This is a custom-die badge, with the KC
seal stamped into the die. |
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Most commonly known as a "juice badge", the
LAPD's Detective Lt. badge from the period of the 1930s actually was a
giveaway and can be readily found today. After scandals involving
the giveaway of these badges, LA banned them in 1940 with the advent of
a new badge, still worn today. |
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The back of the LAPD badge seen above is inscribed
"Presented to T. Kirk Hall by Chief James E
Davis and JE Shaw January 29, 1935", Hall was a CA Deputy Attorney
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You got two sterling silver stars applied to a gold
Detective Lt. badge in Santa Barbara, California. Circa 1930s. |
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This Glendale, California Lieutenant's badge is no juice
badge. The bottom panel clearly indicates "B of I" for Bureau
of Investigation. |
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Glendale issued custom-die badges to their officers, including this
detective's badge. Only the rank and number panel was left blank
in the die, stamped during the finishing of the badge.
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Pasadena's Detective LT carried a single sterling silver star and the
city's custom seal.
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In contrast to the beautiful California Detective badges,
this Wheeling, WV badge is pretty simple. But it does have a lot
of character for a "catalog" badge. |
