HEROES of the WEST Pinkerton Badge

This is a fine collectible of the old west. Be a detective for a day! Take part in a proud crime-fighting legacy. This cast white metal badge is made to adorn either a shirt or a hat. However, it'll look great on display on a bookshelf or up in a wooden frame. It is 2" by 2-1/2". Designed for the World's Fair, this badge was in use between the 1950s and 1999. These replicas are cast from molds made from the originals. Don't miss out on this one!

Between the years 1865 and 1910, the work of the Pinkerton Detectives had brought Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, Jesse James, οΏ½Black Jack" Tom Ketcham, The Barrow Gang, Cole Younger, Hillary Farmington, and the Reno Brothers to justice. Allan Pinkerton and his sons, William and Robert, were true innovators in the field of criminal science. They had developed the idea of the mug shot and by the 1870 they had the largest collection of criminal mug shots in the world. Robert, the administrator of the bunch, developed a criminal card system that became the model for law enforcement agencies and investigation groups today, including the F.B.I. The Pinkertons were key in removing the element of organized crime from the Horse Racing industry of the late 1800's. In 1930, Robert II (Allan's Great-Grandson) took charge of the company and moved into the realm of security. Today the Pinkertons are in charge of protecting the rights, property, and finances of several Fortune 500 companies.