Vintage Florida Highway Patrol 🍊 Special Police Badge Pin NOS Carded Tin Litho Made in Japan Mid-Century gift_for_medical_historian The genuine Phoenix Police Department

The genuine Phoenix Police Department this badge honors would go on

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then stamping or forming the printed metal into the finished shape

The ones that survive today — especially on their original cards

Vintage Florida Highway Patrol 🍊 Special Police Badge Pin NOS Carded Tin Litho Made in Japan Mid-Century gift_for_medical_historian The genuine Phoenix Police DepartmentA Dime Store Toy Badge That Copied the Real Thing Right Down to the Orange This is one of those small objects that tells a much bigger story than its size suggests. It is a mid century tin litho novelty toy badge reading HIGHWAY PATROL FLORIDA, still mounted on its original illustrated store card, sealed in the cellophane sleeve it left the factory in. We want to be clear from the very first line about what it is: a toy a five and dime pretend police