Real Badge or Toy

[powrsurg]

Found this year's ago in a park in central long island. I was super excited at the time but started to think it was a toy. Thoughts?

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[Squirrel322]

The junior police is a real organization. I assume the badge is real... Nice find.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/172020-old-junior-police-badge-found-today.html

 

[powrsurg]

Get out. I'm shocked. Lol

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[kcm]

Sure, especially back in the days of prohibition. Kids were everywhere, and knew more than most gave them credit for. Most kids would've loved to be a Jr. Police or Jr. Detective. Don't think there was any money involved (on the cops side, anyhow), which made many kids play both sides of the fence.

 

[powrsurg]

I'm starting to second guess so many finds now. Oh boy

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[AU Seeker]

Yes Junior Police is a real organization. almost all Junior Police badges are cheaply made, but most kids that were/are Junior Police had/have badges that had the name of the sponsoring town or police dept. on the badge, but I guess that some police dept didn't have the extra money to put their name on some badges.

Junior Police Academy

There's one like your's on Ebay, and it's listed as a toy badge, your's would of had a gold wash on it originally.

Vintage Junior Police Toy Badge Goldtone Metal | eBay

 

[powrsurg]

Wow, this is super cool

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[Hughie]

Got me too. Never would I have thought that was real. What a find!

 

[GpSnoopy]

Could be either, but the real Junior Police Groups usually had the specific Jurisdiction added. Then there are the generic badges that would be given to children when touring a station, or handed out when police gave a lecture in School. There are also Junior Firefighter badges......

Real Junior Police Group and badge https://sbfoundersday.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/our-boys-in-blue/

Give away badges (modern ones are plastic now) Junior Police Badges | Childrens Fire Fighter & EMS Badges | Foremost Fire & Public Safety Promotions

 

[creskol]

I know that when I hunted in Baltimore back in the 1960's I dug a plethora of Junior Police badges along with many other toy badges and cap guns, etc. Downtown Baltimore was a mecca for these types of things.

 

[A2coins]

Wow I have one also a little different thought it was kids toy too