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  1. 29th Annual Convention of Fire Chiefs Badge, 1922 - Badge, Identification

    Fire Fighting Convention Badge, 1922. Two part bronze cast badge connected by a blue ribbon. On the top piece there is slot for a name tag, on that piece there is a rising sun flanked by a howling wolf on each side. On the main badge the San Francisco City Hall is featured as the center piece with writing wrapping all around. Badge is from the 29th annual Convention of Fire Chiefs in San Francisco in 1922. Name on the badge is B.S. Gibson.

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    29th Annual Convention of Fire Chiefs Badge, 1922
  2. Agricultural Inspector Plant Quarantine Officer Badge, c. 1919-1960 - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Agricultural Inspector Plant Quarantine Officer Badge, c. 1919-1960. Shield-shaped badge made of golden-bronze metal, with a slightly raised border. At the top, rising above the main shield shape, is a circle with "1" stamped into it. In the center of the shield is a slightly raised banner with "SAN MATEO COUNTY" stamped into it. Above this banner in raised text is printed "AGRICULTURAL INSPECTOR" and below it is "CALIFORNIA PLANT QUARANTINE OFFI...

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    Agricultural Inspector Plant Quarantine Officer Badge
  3. Aircraft Crash & Rescue Fire Dept. U.S. Air Force Badge, c. 1947-1960 - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Aircraft Crash & Rescue Fire Dept. U.S. Air Force Badge, c. 1947-1960. Silver metal badge; the central shape is a circle; above it is an ornate eagle, blank banner, and background swirls that together make a sort of dome shape, and below it is a smaller, subtly pointed shape with a swirly pattern on it. In the circle's center is a relief logo of a ladder intersecting with what looks like swords and fire hydrants. Around this logo is stamped "AIRC...

    Record Type: Object

    Aircraft Crash & Rescue Fire Dept. U.S. Air Force Badge
  4. Air Force Police #8 Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Police 8 Air Force Badge. Silver metal badge in the shape of a six-pointed star with "POLICE 8 AIR FORCE" engraved on it in a simple font.

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    Air Force Police #8 Badge
  5. Alcoa Fire Department Badge, c. 1942-1960 - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Alcoa Fire Department Badge, c. 1942-1960. Silver metal badge in the shape of a stylized four-leaf clover, with a central circle and four "petals" extending outward from it. Center has a logo of overlapping ladders and fire hoses. Text stamped around this logo reads "MEMBER / ALCOA F.D."

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    Member Alcoa F.D. Badge
  6. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Identification Badge, 1975 - Badge, Identification

    Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Identification Badge, 1975. This is a rectangular laminated Alyeska identification badge issued to James C. Thompson for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction project. A color photograph of Thompson against a green and white diagonal striped background fills the upper half of the badge. Thompson has medium length brown hair and wears a light colored collared shirt and wire rim glasses. The lower half of the badge...

    Record Type: Object

    Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Identification Badge, 1975
  7. American Legion Service Committee Badge, c.1919-1960 - Badge, Law Enforcement

    American Legion Service Committee Badge, c.1919-1960. Golden metal badge in the shape of a five-pointed star, with small circles at the star's tips. In the center is a small gold circle with another five-pointed star reading "US"; around it is a blue ring with gold text reading "AMERICAN LEGION." Around that is a textured gold border, and finally another ring, this one gold with stamped blue text reading "SERVICE COMMITTEE." A rectangular banner ...

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    American Legion Service Committee Badge
  8. Ampex Employee Name Badge for Vitalji Eckersdorf, c. 1962-1972 - Badge, Identification

    Ampex Employee Name Badge for Vitalji Eckersdorf, c. 1962-1972. Small, transparent rectangular plastic badge encasing a paper employee identification card with a black and white photograph of the employee. The name, "V. Eckersdorf" is printed in black ink above the photograph and the company logo "AMPEX" repeated in a column along the left side of photo in black ink on a yellow background. A metal fastening clip is atttached at top. Ampex Na...

    Record Type: Object

    Ampex Name Badge
  9. Armed Forces Police Registered Chauffeur Badge, 1921 - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Armed Forces Police Registered Chauffeur Badge, 1921. Two connected badges, one above the other. Top badge is bright silver metal, in the shape of a circle with four sunburst- or crown-shapes around it; these shapes are made of small parallel ridges. Above the circle is an eagle, its wings dramatically spread. In the center of the circle is an American flag in relief on a textured background; around it is stamped "ARMED FORCES POLICE." At the ver...

    Record Type: Object

    Armed Forces Police Registered Chauffeur Badge
  10. Armour's Virden Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Armour's Virden Badge. Oval-shaped badge, wider than it is tall, with a silver metal border and central rectangle. Half-oval areas above and below the silver rectangle are painted yellow, and the background is painted dark blue. Silver text on the yellow areas reads "Armour's / VIRDEN," with a small leaf-shaped (?) symbol above "Armour's." Blue numbers in the central rectangle read "723."

    Record Type: Object

    Armour's Virden Badge
  11. Army & Navy Y.M.C.A. San Francisco Brass Plate - Plate, Commemorative

    Army & Navy Y.M.C.A. San Francisco Brass Plate. Brass plate in the shape of a six-pointed star, with a tiny hole punched near the top point. Text is stamped into plate and is a faded or tarnished black. Text reads "ARMY & NAVY / Y.M.C.A. / SAN FRANCISCO / 22 / DO NOT TAKE FROM BUILDING."

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    Army & Navy Y.M.C.A. San Francisco Brass Plate
  12. Assistant Area Administrator Alcoholic Beverage Control Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Assistant Area Administrator Alcoholic Beverage Control Badge. Gold metal badge in the shape of a seven-pointed star, with a leaf design on each point. A banner at the top, partially obscuring the top two points of the star, reads "ASSISTANT AREA" in blue. Written in a circle around the center, also in blue, is "ADMINISTRATOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL." Inside this ring of text is another ring that reads "STATE OF CALIFORNIA" in raised gold text...

    Record Type: Object

    Assistant Area Administrator Alcoholic Beverage Control Badge
  13. Auxiliary Police Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Auxiliary Police Badge. Silver metal badge in the shape of a shield with wide, rounded sides and bottom. There is a leafy design along the border and a textured background. In the center is a circular image of a shield with a windmill on it and an eagle above it, and two people standing to either side of it. In raised text at the bottom of this image is "1664" and a line of illegible text that looks Latin. Banners at the top have "AUXILIARY POLIC...

    Record Type: Object

    Auxiliary Police Badge
  14. Bay Meadows Police Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Bay Meadows Police Badge. Silver metal badge in the shape of a six-pointed star, with little circles at each of the points. Badge is plain of decoration. On it is stamped "BAY MEADOWS POLICE" and the number 10 in the center; all text is black.

    Record Type: Object

    Bay Meadows Police Badge
  15. Brisbane Fire Dept. Badge, c. 1932-1960 - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Brisbane Fire Dept. Badge, c. 1932-1960. SIlver metal badge; the main part is cicrular; above the circle is a large eagle and below it is a swirly design that ends in a point. In the center is a logo of a firefighter's helmet over various tools; logo is surrounded by a circular border of a rope pattern. Stamped into a ring around this logo, in black text, is "BRISBANE FIRE DEPT."

    Record Type: Object

    Brisbane Fire Dept. Badge
  16. Bureau of Intelligence Department of Constabulary Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Bureau of Intelligence Department of Constabulary Badge. Silver-colored, five-pointed star badge for the Bureau of Intelligence Department of Constabulary. On the top triangle that creates a star-point the numbers "3425" are stamped in a black font. Badge has a raised circle within the center of the star, with the words "DEPARTMENT OF CONSTABULARY / BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE" stamped into it in a black font. Within that circle there is another wit...

    Record Type: Object

    Department of Constabulary Bureau of Intelligence Badge
  17. Burlingame Special Police Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Burlingame Special Police Badge. Silver-colored, six-pointed star-shaped metal badge. The words "BURLINGAME / A / SPECIAL POLICE" are stamped in black within the middle of the badge.

    Record Type: Object

    Burlingame A Special Police Badge
  18. California Licensed Chauffeur Badge, c. 1930s - Badge, Law Enforcement

    California Licensed Chauffeur Badge, c. 1930s. SIlver metal triangular badge, with a flat edge on top and the triangle's sharpest point at the bottom. Stamped in black around the edges is "CALIFORNIA LICENSED CHAUFFEUR." In the center is "9353," and below that is a stamped design of what looks like an upside-down sunrise or sunset, with lines radiating out from a central half-circle.

    Record Type: Object

    California Licensed Chauffeur Badge
  19. California Sheriffs Association Pin - Badge, Law Enforcement

    California Sheriffs Association Pin. Golden-bronze colored metal pin in the shape of a seven-pointed star, with a leaf pattern on its points. In the center is a relief image of the California seal; a wide ring around it is stamped with the blue text "CALIFORNIA SHERIFF'S," with stars between the words. A smaller banner below, partially obscuring the star's bottom points, reads "ASSOCIATION."

    Record Type: Object

    California Sheriffs Association Badge
  20. California State Board of Forestry Fire Warden Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    California State Board of Forestry Fire Warden Badge. Silver metal shield-shaped badge with a plain raised border and a textured background. In the center is a relief picture of a bear. Above the bear is printed "CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY" and below the bear is "FIRE WARDEN," all in raised letters. A raised, smooth silver diamond shape extends from the bottom corner; on it is stamped "1403."

    Record Type: Object

    California State Board of Forestry Fire Warden Badge
  21. Central Fire Dept. Huntington W.Va. Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Central Fire Dept. Huntington W.Va. Badge. Silver metal badge with red paint over the background and text. Badge is shield-shaped with an eagle perched on top; in the eagle's mouth is a banner that reads "CENTRAL." Shield has a thin silver border and a red background with silver dots at intervals. In the center is a circular logo of crossed ladders and fire hoses, also silver on a red background. Banners above and below the logo read "FIRE DEPT. ...

    Record Type: Object

    Central Fire Dept. Huntington W.Va. Badge
  22. Chief Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Chief Badge. Brass metal badge consisting of two laurel leaf branches, connected at the bottom and together forming about three-fourths of a circle. A horizontal bar running through the circle's center connects the two branches again. "CHIEF" is stamped in faded dark blue text into this bar.

    Record Type: Object

    Chief Badge
  23. Chief Fire Protection Engineer Badge - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Chief Fire Protection Engineer Badge. Silver- and bronze-colored metal badge, circular with an eagle on top and a banner with swirly designs below. It is hard to tell if the color variation is due to tarnishing or if it is intentional. In the center is a circular logo of an early- to mid-20th-century fire truck, surrounded by a circular rope-patterned border. A banner along the top curve of the circle, its edges curling slightly beyond the circle...

    Record Type: Object

    Cheif Engineer The Fire Protection Engineer's Badge
  24. Chief Robert Emmett O'Brien ID Plate, 1950 - Nameplate

    Chief Robert Emmett O'Brien ID Plate, 1950. Small rectangular silver-colored metal plate has beveled edges and is inscribed with text that reads, "Chief Robert Emmett O'Brien / member / San Mateo Police Dept. / 1930 - 1950."

    Record Type: Object

    Chief Robert Emmett O'Brien Nameplate
  25. Civilian Defense Auxiliary Police Redwood City Badge, c. 1942-1945 - Badge, Law Enforcement

    Civilian Defense Auxiliary Police Redwood City Badge, c. 1942-1945. Silver metal badge shaped like a six-pointed star. A stamped black border creates a central circle; inside this circle is stamped "CIVILIAN DEFENSE REDWOOD CITY" around the edges in black, "AUXILIARY POLICE" in the center in red, and "60" in black in the bottom center.

    Record Type: Object

    Civilian Defense Auxiliary Police Redwood City Badge

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