Missouri Police Badges

$6,950 Sargent (German Spelling) of Police No. 3 St. Louis, MO Police Dept. Made of sterling & gold. Presented to Sgt. Anderson T. Shipp. He was promoted to sergeant on November 14, 1883. At the time, he was 42 years old, born in the U.S. and had been assigned to the Central District.

Back of Sargent of Police No. 3 St. Louis, MO Police Dept. Made of sterling & gold. Presented to Sgt. Anderson T.. Shipp.

Sargent of Police No. 3 St. Louis, MO Police Dept. Made of sterling & gold. Presented to A. T. Shipp by his friends Dec. 7th 1883.

$2,595 City Marshal badge Hannibal, MO. Gold front over sterling silver adorned with a garnett.

Back of badge is engraved: “From Local Union No. 607 C. and J. of A.” Union 607 Labor District of greater St. Louis for The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

$1,295 Caruthersville Chief Police badge, custom die with crossed police batons, the Roman Fasces and the Book of Law. Made of sterling silver and hallmarked The Henderson Ames Co. Kalamazoo, Mich.

Saint Louis City Directories indicate Anderson Shipp was a policeman as early as 1876, was promoted to Sergeant in 1883 and was still on the force in 1899. Born in 1842.

$1,895 Kansas City MO Police Dept. Operator
badge No. 1221

$1,495 Fire & Police Telegraph Department, St. Louis, MO

Jefferson Co. MO Sheriff 14k gold presentation badge: Presented by His "Friends"
William A. Crader Aug. 4, 1913.

$4,595 Jefferson Co. MO Sheriff 14k gold presentation badge: Presented by His "Friends"
William A. Crader Aug. 4, 1913.

$4,595 Sheriff Montgomery Co. MO shield of J. T. Hunt. Back of badge the presentation reads: From M.R.C. to J.T. Hunt., made by Wirth & Jachens S. F. circa 1900.