BADGE COLLECTOR: NEWARK'S FIVE EDITIONS

Sunday, September 16, 2012

NEWARK'S FIVE EDITIONS

BEAUTIFUL !!!

The above are pictures of a reproduction set of all five editions of badges from the Newark Police Department.

I have these badges in a nice frame that sits on my desk. I see it every day. They motivate me to keep looking for the real sample of each one. I am missing the "Star" and the design with the number 59 on it.

After 40+ years I'll still keep looking, but I have also decided to let you all know I am now accepting donations. Why didn't I think of that a long time ago. I could have retired much sooner.

Hope you like looking at these nice items.

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ORIGIN OF MY COLLECTION

1967 was the year of the Newark Riots. My Dad was a Newark Detective near the end of his career; and I was just beginning a career as a Probation Officer. Shortly after the riots my Dad gave me a couple of badges he acquired over the years. They sat around in a desk drawer for a couple of years. Eventually I put them on a shelf - never knowing that this was the beginning of my collection. My father died in 1974 leaving me his retirement detective shield. The word "Retired" had been put in the number panel. He didn't like that and knocked it off. He had the original number put back, but this was absolutely "no work of art." None the less I am proud to have it. It stands today "under glass" in my den along with other items from Newark and other NJ communities. I have been "The" Badge Collector ever since (50+ years).

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