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A collection of old Coventry City Police equipment, including helmets and an old telephone. Police memorabilia collecting is a hobby involving the collection and trading of law enforcement-related items such as patches, badges, uniforms, equipment, hats, helmets, training manuals, medals, and decommissioned or restored police cars.
Dye’s current favorite in the collection is a first-issue Akron badge from 1872, which he bought online from a California dealer for $1,600.
After World War II many badges were phased out of the United States Armed Forces in favor of more modern military badges which are used today. A unique obsolete badge situation occurred with General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold , who in 1913 was among the 24 Army pilots to receive the first Military Aviator Badge , an eagle bearing Signal ...
Other types of collectible patches include police or service patches, space mission patches, Scout patches, fashion patches, political and sports stickers, walking stick labels, car window pennants, and pin badges. Collecting metal badges or pins, either military or civil is known as faleristics. [citation needed]
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Law enforcement medals and badges first appeared in the late 19th century, as used by some of the (then) largest police departments in the country, such as the New York City Police Department and Chicago Police Department. Early law enforcement awards were often pins and badges awarded on a case-by-case basis.
This new badge makes obsolete the unofficial branch-specific combat badges. Example of a Combat Artillery Badge being created by pinning the artillery branch insignia over a Combat Infantryman Badge. Recorded instances of the unofficial combat badges actually being worn are rare, but the following comes from the memoir of a Korean War veteran: