Melvin Purvis G Man badge

[Cobradude22]

Finds from tonight, we have a couple buttons, the coolest one being this porcelain one. Found an 1886 Indian head penny in a location that I’ve pounded hard. Took it slow and pulled it out. Also found this 1930s Melvin Purvis G man badge. From my understanding it was from a cereal box? Being a fan of John Dillinger, I found this piece to be rather interesting.

 

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[Gene Mean]

The porcelain button is awesome! Cool badge.

 

[Red-Coat]

Fun G-Man badge. As well as the 1936 radio program “Junior G-Men” (via which kids could participate and send for a variety of badges and other stuff), the host Melvin Purvis soon became the face of the detective club created by Post Cereals for their “Post Toasties” breakfast brand.

Post created the fictional ‘Inspector Post’ and his ‘Junior Detective Corps’. You could get secret operator manuals, cap pistols and badges in exchange for sending in the tops from their cereal boxes.

 

[Tony in SC]

Really cool badge!! Clean it up and get another pic?

 

[Cobradude22]

Really cool badge!! Clean it up and get another pic?

Not sure how to properly clean it. It was folded in half when it came out of the ground. That’s what the crease is from. I used water and a toothbrush and this is what I ended up with. I don’t want to destroy what writing I can see.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[cmthunder]

Found one myself recently very cool.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very nice !

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on the G Man badge. There are a couple of different designs of those badges. I'm sure you may find one with a different design over the course of your detecting career. They look neat, in a display case.