Makers badge

[berkshire mike]

Any thoughts as to what this badge is for? Guessing it’s related to a position in one of the mills or GE plant that once operated here. Believe it’s made of lead.
Spring can’t come soon enough

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I found a similar designed shield, mine is a saddle makers badge, it's brass over lead.
What's on the reverse side of yours?

Dave

 

[berkshire mike]

Cool badge Dave. Here’s the back
of mine

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

The attachment points are very similar to mine, looks like you have a saddle makers badge there Mike.
Now that you have an idea what it is you can research T. Behan Saddle Maker - Mass.

Nice find and in beautiful condition,
Dave

 

[berkshire mike]

Very interesting. What’s the purpose of issuing a badge to the person?

 

[creskol]

Here is a recent conversation about them: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/593020-old-tag-badge-help-id.html

Here is another thread that has a couple in it: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-best-finds/239080-post-your-badges.html

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Berkshire Mike (the shield badge's finder) asked:
> Very interesting. What’s the purpose of issuing a badge to the person?

That type of badge was not issued to a person. It's the leather saddle equivalent of the manufacturer's logo "badge" which was attached to a car's hood or the door of a refrigerator. In your case, note that the shield badge you found has "prongs" on its back for attaching it onto thick leather.

 

[creskol]

..just a little snippet of info:

 

[berkshire mike]

..just a little snippet of info:

That’s amazing. How did you find that?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Because creskol is an amazing kinda guy!
It takes a lot of time, research & reading old newspaper snippets online to find info like this.

Dave