Saturday, August 25, 2012

Things To Know About The History Of Police Badges

By Gloria Gardner


There are people all over the world that have an interest in learning about police badges. There is a lot of information available on this topic. Let's look into it a bit further now.

Historically we can learn that Police Badges date back to the time of the Knights of the round table. The shield as it was called back then was a weapon used by the knights. This term seemed to have followed it over the course of time as many people use the term shield when discussing this item.

The knights that sat at the round table were the first known police force. They held the job of enforcing the king's laws as well as provided protection for those that lived in the local villages. These men were chosen as knights as per certain qualities they must possess such as being honest, brave and trustworthy. This is what we can learn is represented by the shields we see police wearing these days.

A specific height of the shield these days is usually around 2.5 to 3 inches. This can be found to vary slightly depending on where you reside, but it is not usually too far off from those numbers stated previously. This is only the one primary reason this can be found to be the case.

A law was passed back in 2000 in the United States referring to the shield. This law states that the possession use, shipping and collecting of these items. It is a federal offense if they are not being used for specific reasons such as a collection, dramatic presentations, or for decoration.

The police badges of today were made from copper in the early days. Over recent years we can find that there are numerous areas that have Police Badges that are made from a combination of materials. This is why we can find many of them in multi tone coloring. There is a ton of other historical information we can find on the internet about the shield, some of it may come as a shock to you. Spend some time reading up on the subject and see what all you can learn.




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