Vintage 1950s Special Police Badge 🚔 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Tin Litho New Old Stock on Original Card pop_art_store_display Anchored by firms like Cluett

Anchored by firms like Cluett

The American consumer market was the primary destination

The "JAPAN" mark on the display card is the clearest indicator: authentic law enforcement credentials were never manufactured overseas and marked with a country of origin in this fashion

a leased facility

Vintage toy enthusiasts and mechanical-novelty collectors appreciate it as a genuine example of the wind-up key era

Vintage 1950s Special Police Badge 🚔 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Tin Litho New Old Stock on Original Card pop_art_store_display Anchored by firms like Cluett# What Did It Feel Like the First Time You Pinned On a Badge? There is a moment and if you've ever held one of these, you know exactly what I'm talking about where the object in your hand simply stops you. You're not looking at a toy anymore. You're not even really looking at a piece of tin. You're looking at a whole mood, a whole era, a whole American childhood compressed into about an inch and a half of brilliantly lithographed metal. The red is