When my father died in 1974 he left a couple of personal items for me. The First item was an American Red Cross "Life Savings Medal" for rescuing a young man who was drowning. This was in the 1930's. The medal is dark and doesn't photograph very well so it is not included here, but is a major memory. For this post I will just focus on Badges and the Traingle Patch.
The next item were my fathers old Detective Shield; and his old Triangle Patch. They are both in pretty good condition, although you may observe the "not so good" replacement of number 70 on the lower panel.
In addition to the Detective Badge I have also been able to secure a set of Patrolman Badges worn by my father. I do not know why he was issued Number 111, and then Number 30. I have photographs showing my father in uniform wearing both badges so I know the numbers are correct.
