NAMED RARE OBSOLETE ANTIQUE c1870 HISTORICAL TEXAS STATE POLICE BADGE

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NAMED RARE OBSOLETE ANTIQUE c1870 HISTORICAL TEXAS STATE POLICE BADGE :
$10000.00

A badge exactly like this one but a different badge number sold at a Texas sale March 2014. THIS OBSOLETE BADGE HAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND IS SOLD FOR COLLECTOR VALUE ONLY. THIS ITEM FURTHER MEETS REQUIREMENTS AS A HISTORICAL BADGE AS IT IS OVER THE 75 YEAR OLD REQUIREMENT AND IS A SHIELD DESIGN; DOES NOT RESEMBLE IN ANY WAY CURRENT ROUND BADGES USED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THE STATE POLICE WERE REPEALED ON APRIL 22, 1873. CURRENTLY, THE TEXAS STATE POLICE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CALL THEMSELVES STATE TROOPERS OR TEXAS RANGERS NOT STATE POLICE. THIS IS FURTHER NOT A FANTASY BADGE OR REPLICA BADGE. NOW OBSOLETE IN NAME OF AGENCY AND ANY DISTINGUISHING FEATURES COMPARED TO CURRENT BADGES.FROM A TEXAS ESTATE: YOU ARE offerDING ON A RARE, OBSOLETE, HISTORICAL TEXAS STATE POLICE BADGE NAMED FAMILY AND NUMBERED 339.ACCORDING TO MANY BADGE COLLECTORS AND AUTHORITIES, THEY BELIEVE THIS BADGE TO BE OF THE ACTUAL TEXAS STATE POLICE WHO OPERATED BY NAME IN THE 1870\'s. THE C CLASP, ALSO STATED BY ONE COLLECTOR, THIS BADGE IS MUCH OLDER THAN THE ORIGINAL DATE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF THE DUNAGAN FAMILY.
I SPOKE WITH THE GRANDSON, OF CHARLES SNEED DUNAGAN. THE GRANDSON IS MID TO LATE 70s. HE TOLD ME IN THE 1930\'S BEFORE HE WAS BORN THAT HIS GRANDFATHER, OFFICER DUNAGAN, RODE A MOTORCYCLE PATROLLING THE HIGHWAY IN WEST TEXAS.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK ONE MORE GENERATION IN THE DUNAGAN FAMILY TO A FOUNDING PIONEER IN WEST TEXAS, CHARLES BENTON (BENNY) DUNAGAN. BORN IN HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS IN 1859. WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN IS THAT BENNY HAD DEEP TIES TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY IN WEST TEXAS. WHEN HIS WIFE DIED, PALLBEARERS WERE THE COUNTY JUDGE, SHERIFF, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF PIONEER FAMILIES IN WEST TEXAS.Charles Benton Dunagan was married to Annie Nora Evans in Freestone County in 1872. Freestone County had a huge population of Evans families during the 1870\'s. There were 3 members of the State Police: I Evans, Jonathan Evans, and a William Evans. Have not been able to identify badge numbers or where these were stationed or if this is the connection to the badge. There is also a W.W. Bains which is the other side of the family that was in the State Police. Have not been able to tie him to the family in West Texas.Have been in contact with one of the authors of \"Governor\'s Hounds\" a book written about the Texas State Police during the 1870\'s. There is an identical badge with a different badge number used on the dust jacket of this book. One of the authors stated that these badges are extremely rare. He is a researcher with the State of Texas Archives. He said he did not know if a comprehensive roster with all of the badge numbers exists.ONE 45 YEAR BADGE COLLECTOR STATED THAT HE HAD ONLY SEEN FOUR OF THESE IN ALL HIS YEARS OF COLLECTING.In\"Lone Star: a history of Texas and the Texans\"by T. R. Fehrenbach, he states that in order for a member of the State Police to have a badge, $3.00 was taken out of his pay.GEORGE VIRGINES WROTE BOOKS BUT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THE BADGES OF LAWMEN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. HE LISTED HIS BADGE (WITH PHOTO NUMBERED AS #3 IN ILLUSTRATION) AS ONE OF THE EARLY BADGES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS. IT IS IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE EXCEPT HAS A DIFFERENT BADGE NUMBER OF THE OFFICER WHO WORE IT.THIS BADGE BASED ON RESEARCH AND THE EMAILS FROM MANY BADGE COLLECTORS AND AUTHORITIES, IS ASSOCIATED AND IS AN ORIGINAL BADGE OF THE \"TEXAS STATE POLICE\" CIRCA 1870. THE AUTHORITIES FURTHER STATED THE RARITY OF THIS BADGE AS WELL AS THEIR OPINION OF THIS BADGE BEING AUTHENTIC.THE BADGE HAS SHADOWS OF NUMBERS 3 AND 9 AND A VERY DISTINCTIVE 3, THE MIDDLE OF THE NUMBER STILL PRESENT. THIS BADGE IS IN WORN CONDITION AND HAS CONDITION ISSUES AS PHOTOS SHOW; HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN POLISHED AND RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL PATINA. WHEN STATING THAT THIS BADGE IS NAMED, I AM REFERRING TO THE IDENTITY OF THE FAMILY OWNING IT AND BADGE NUMBER OF THE OFFICER; THERE ARE NO NAMES ON THIS BADGE. THERE ARE NO HALLMARKS OF MAKER OR METAL CONTENT~MOST LIKELY TIN OR AN ALLOY.THIS PIECE OF TEXAS TEXANA MEMORABILIA IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND WONDERFUL BADGE~IT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION. THE BADGE IS APPROXIMATELY 2.25\" ACROSS X 2.5\" IN LENGTH AT WIDEST POINTS.
THIS OBSOLETE BADGE HAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND IS SOLD FOR COLLECTOR VALUE ONLY.NEEDING MORE PHOTOS, PLEASE EMAIL ME.PLEASE NOTE THAT USPS SETS THE POSTAL RATES. PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE offerDING. WHILE HAS FORCED SELLERS TO MAINTAIN A 14 DAY REFUND POLICY, THE BUYER MUST CONTACT ME ON THE DAY THE ITEM IS RECEIVED AND I MUST COMMUNICATE WITH THE BUYER ALLOWING THE RETURN TO BE ACCEPTED BEFORE IT IS SHIPPED BACK TO ME. ABUSE OF THIS POLICY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THESE ITEMS MUST BE IN EXACT CONDITION AS SHIPPED. MONEY WILL BE RETURNED FOR ITEM OR EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER ITEM IN MY STORE OF EQUAL VALUE ONCE IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE BUYER HAS ACTED IN GOOD FAITH.

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