HISTORY OF ISSUED

UNITED STATES MARSHAL BADGES

In the late 1800's and the early 1900's when the United States Marshals were under the Justice Department, some badges were ordered by the Justice Department. As far as it can be determined, these badges were circle and cut out stars. Some said "UNITED STATES MARSHAL" and some said "DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL" on them. They were hallmarked 'LAMB STAMP & STAT. WASH. D.C." or "LAMB & TILDEN BADGE CO. WASH. D.C.". These badges were sent to the Territories and Districts when the Justice Department received a request from a particular U.S. Marshal in writing or by telegraph. These badges were not accountable at the time.

In 1972, when I interviewed T. P. McNamara, Deputy U.S. Marshal, Waco, Texas. He stated that when he helped the United States Marshal Service Headquarters move in Washington D.C. to the Safeway Building, there were two bushel baskets of circle and cutout stars. All that he had seen were made by the two above companies. He was given a couple hundred of them and he has given most of them away over the years

1941-1970
OLD EAGLE TOP SHIELD

A. United States Marshal (small size), control number and credential warning on back.

Total of 95 issued (more than 100 were bought)

District number was on the back (example #08 was assigned to Arizona)

B. Deputy United States Marshal (large size), control number and credential warning on back.

     1. Approximately 3000 issued.

     2. The number on the back can be a low number such as #13. There are also numbers in the 6000 range

     3. In 1969 there were only 500 deputies; in late 1970 early 1971, more deputies were added until there were about 1800.

1950 - 1970
GOLD EAGLE TOP SHIELD (large size)

A. Chief Deputy United States Marshal control number and credential warning on the back. Approximately 95 issued. These badges were manufactured by ROBINS COMPANY of Attleboro, Mass. This company was bought out be V. H. BLACKINGTON & CO., INC. of Attleboro, Mass. A check with this company shows that they do not have the records from ROBINS COMPANY and they do not know who has them.

B. The cost of these badges was $10.80 each

1970-1980
EAGLE TOP SHIELD WITH MULTI-COLOR CENTER. ISSUED WITH THE FOLLOWING TITLES ON THEM

Director

issued - 1

number ordered - 1

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

issued -1

number ordered - 1

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

issued - 1

number ordered - 1

OPERATIONS

issued - 11

number ordered - 11

INSPECTOR

issued - 6

number ordered - 6

CHIEF INSPECTOR

issued - 1

number ordered - 1

MARSHAL

issued - 95

number ordered - 100

CHIEF DEPUTY

issued - 95

number ordered - 100

DEPUTY

issued - 900

numbered ordered - 900

this rank includes regular deputies, WAE's, Special Deputies, TOE's Terms, VRA's

DEPUTY

issued - 1

number ordered - 1

DEPUTY

issued - 1

number ordered - 1

DEPUTY

issued - 1

number ordered - 1

     On July 14, 1970 the dies were ordered to be cut by V. H. BLACKINTON & CO, INC of Attleboro, Mass. for the large silver shield that was used from 1971 to 1980.

     The above badges were from the original order that was placed in late 1970. The cost of the badges were about $9.80 each.

     Sometime in early 1971, another order was placed for additional Deputy badges that had numbers up to 2000 on them. There is no record at either U.S. Marshal Service Headquarters or Blackinton for the date or numbers on the badges.

     Then sometime after that, a number of Deputy badges were ordered with the number range in the 5000's. Also a number of Deputy badges were ordered with a letter "A" in front of the number. These badges were issued to Main Justice and the Congressmen who had need.

After 1972, badges were ordered with the following titles on them and were issued.

REGIONAL DIRECTOR

ordered - 5

issued - 5

ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR*

ordered - 5

issued - 5

In 1976, an order was placed for the following badges:

SUPERVISOR DEPUTY

ordered - 100

issued - unknown

In 1978 an order was placed for the following badges:

INSPECTOR

ordered - 100

issued - unknown

* The above information on ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR was received in an interview from a retired United States Marshal Service employee. He was not sure if the badges were issued.

1980 - present
CIRCLE CUTOUT STAR WITH UNITED STATES MARSHAL

In 1980, the following badges were ordered with the words "UNITED STATES MARSHAL" on the face of them. They came in two colors. Gold issued to the U.S. Marshal; silver was issued to everyone else.

* In 1983 one silver badge was ordered and received. It was issued to the Director.

** In 1984 two gold badges were ordered and received. It's not known at present who has them. They are not in inventory and not shown to have been issued.

A badge was given to President Ronald Reagan. Number - 1, color - gold.

A badge was given to James Arness. Number unknown.

The silver badges numbered 7000 through 7199 were ordered with the wording "SPECIAL DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL". These badges are just a little smaller than the above issue.

Five gold circle and cutout stars were ordered with pins on the back. They were issued in 1989 to the following marshals:

N/D Texas, W/D Texas, 2 Marshals in Oklahoma and number 5 was for the Director. They were used in parades.

Five silver circle and cutout stars were ordered with pins and 4 were issued to the "Ft. Worth Marshals Honor Guard" and number 5 was kept by Peyton Baer, head of the Posses.

NUMBER	ISSUED TO	COLOR
0100-0299	United States Marshal	gold
0001	Director*	silver
0001	Director**	gold
0002	Deputy Director	silver
0003-0005	Assistant Director	silver
0008	Commander of Special Operations Group	silver
0006-0007 & 0009-0030	Chief Inspector	silver
0300-0379 & 0400-0499	Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal	silver
0500-0999	Inspector	silver
1000-2600	Deputy	silver

TITLE	NUMBER	COLOR
U.S. Marshal	0100-0279	gold
Chief Deputy	0300-0479	silver
Supervisory Deputy	0700 0749	silver
Inspector	0750-0999	silver
Assistant Chief Deputy	0380-0399 & 0480-0499	silver
Deputy	1100-2800	silver
Chief Inspector	0006-0007 & 0009-0030	silver
Supervisory Inspector	1000-1049	silver
Commander of SOG	0008	silver
Director	0001	silver
Deputy Director	0002	silver
Assistant Director	0003-0005	silver

TITLE	NUMBER	COLOR
Special Deputy	7200-7699	silver
Chief Deputy	0480-0499	silver
Deputy	2801-2999	silver
Inspector	5000-5999	silver

In 1984, the following pocket badges were ordered..

In 1986, the following pocket badges were ordered:

In 1986, the following badges were ordered:

TITLE	NUMBER	COLOR
Deputy	2801-2999	silver
Inspector	5000-5999	silver
Special Deputy	7200-7699	silver

In 1988, the following pocket badges were ordered:

TITLE	NUMBER	COLOR
Chief Inspector	0050-00099	silver

In 1988, the following badges were ordered:

TITLE	NUMBER	COLOR
Posse	13000-13005	gold
Posse	13006-13017	silver

1986-Present
SPECIAL DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL CIRCLE AND CUTOUT STAR

These badges were issued to Special Deputy's and Court Security Officers.

1989-1990
BICENTENNIAL BADGE

The Millennium badge was issued July, 2000 to be worn until December 31, 2001. This badge was optional for Operational Personnel (Marshals, Chiefs, Supervisors, Inspectors and Deputies) to buy and wear for 18 months. This is an official issue badge made by V.H. Blackinton & Co., Attleboro, Mass. It is unknown how many have been ordered and worn at present.

The following numbers and titles of badges were destroyed on December 7, 1983 at Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

OPERATIONS

U.S. MARSHAL

CHIEF DEPUTY

SUPERVISORY DEPUTY

INSPECTOR

4	5	6	7	114	227	2266	26
9	10	12	15	132	230	2335	29
16	25	26	28	85	250	2354	47
29	31	35	36	189	290	2356	51
37	40	41	45			2360	66
47	48	49	50			2365
51	54	55	57			2385
58	59	76	77			2392
78	81	84	93			2417
95	97

DEPUTIES
8	9	12	13	19	21	27	33	44	55	73	228
276	294	301	307	308	309	312	313	326	328	337	339
346	347	350	351	358	360	365	366	367	374	377	379
383	388	389	392	397	400	401	405	411	413	415	416
418	419	420	422	423	425	426	428	429	440	441	442
445	446	447	451	455	457	460	462	463	465	470	479
481	483	485	486	488	490	491	495	497	499	500	501
503	507	509	511	513	519	521	524	525	527	530	538
541	542	543	544	546	551	552	557	559	561	570	580
581	582	583	584	587	588	589	590	593	594	596	601
605	607	608	611	612	613	614	615	617	625	626	632
634	636	637	638	640	645	646	648	649	655	656	660
661	662	664	666	668	674	675	687	688	692	693	699
702	707	709	712	718	719	720	721	723	724	725	726
727	728	729	730	732	733	736	740	742	746	749	750
751	753	755	759	760	762	765	766	769	776	778	780
782	786	787	789	790	793	796	797	798	805	807	813
814	816	817	819	820	821	822	828	830	834	835	836
842	847	848	854	863	865	867	871	876	878	880	886
888	891	892	896	899	900	901	902	909	911	912	913
920	921	922	924	927	929	932	933	934	935	939	940
941	943	952	954	956	959	961	962	964	965	974	975
978	980	984	987	989	999	1009	1010	1011	1018	1020	1021
1023	1025	1028	1029	1030	1033	1041	1043	1044	1046	1048	1049
1051	1052	1053	1054	1057	1060	1061	1063	1066	1067	1068	1070
1075	1076	1080	1082	1083	1087	1091	1094	1097	1100	1101	1103
1104	1107	1110	1111	1112	1113	1114	1115	1118	1119	1127	1134
1143	1144	1148	1150	1151	1152	1153	1154	1157	1159	1160	1161
1162	1166	1169	1170	1176	1177	1181	1182	1186	1188	1189	1191
1192	1193	1195	1198	1204	1205	1209	1210	1211	1213	1216	1218
1221	1222	1224	1227	1230	1232	1234	1235	1236	1237	1239	1240
1242	1243	1244	1245	1248	1249	1251	1252	1257	1258	1259	1260
1262	1264	1266	1267	1268	1269	1270	1273	1274	1275	1276	1277
1282	1283	1287	1289	1291	1292	1294	1301	1303	1304	1305	1309
1313	1315	1316	1321	1322	1323	1324	1325	1326	1328	1329	1330
1332	1335	1338	1340	1342	1344	1346	1347	1348	1349	1350	1351
1352	1354	1355	1357	1358	1359	1363	1365	1366	1369	1371	1372
1373	1374	1378	1379	1380	1381	1382	1383	1385	1386	1388	1391
1395	1397	1399	1402	1403	1406	1407	1411	1412	1416	1417	1420
1423	1430	1431	1433	1434	1435	1439	1440	1441	1444	1448	1452
1454	1455	1456	1458	1464	1465	1467	1472	1476	1478	1480	1481
1482	1483	1486	1489	1490	1491	1492	1494	1495	1496	1501	1502
1506	1508	1509	1510	1511	1513	1515	1516	1518	1519	1522	1523
1524	1525	1526	1527	1528	1529	1532	1533	1535	1536	1538	1542
1546	1552	1553	1555	1556	1557	1561	1562	1563	1565	1567	1568
1569	1570	1571	1574	1575	1577	1578	1580	1581	1583	1584	1585
1586	1587	1588	1589	1590	1591	1592	1593	1594	1595	1596	1601
1602	1604	1608	1609	1610	1611	1612	1614	1617	1622	1624	1625
1626	1627	1629	1631	1632	1633	1635	1636	1642	1645	1646	1649
1650	1653	1654	1655	1656	1657	1659	1660	1662	1670	1671	1672
1674	1676	1678	1679	1680	1681	1682	1683	1685	1686	1687	1688
1689	1691	1692	1694	1696	1697	1698	1702	1703	1705	1708	1709
1711	1712	1719	1720	1723	1726	1727	1730	1731	1735	1744	1746
1747	1748	1753	1754	1755	1756	1757	1759	1763	1765	1766	1768
1771	1772	1777	1780	1784	1796	1801	1802	1804	1807	1808	1809
1810	1812	1815	1816	1820	1823	1824	1825	1827	1828	1829	1830
1833	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844	1846	1850	1851	1852	1853	1854
1855	1856	1861	1863	1869	1870	1871	1875	1876	1878	1879	1884
1886	1887	1888	1891	1893	1894	1895	1900	1901	1904	1905	1908
1910	1911	1912	1913	1919	1922	1924	1925	1926	1927	1930	1933
1935	1936	1937	1938	1940	1944	1945	1946	1947	1951	1955	1956
1959	1960	1961	1963	1964	1965	1966	1968	1970	1971	1972	1974
1976	1981	1982	1983	1984	1988	1994	1995	1997	1999	2000	2005
2008	2009	2010	2014	2016	2017	2018	2020	2023	2024	2025	2027
2029	2030	2032	2034	2039	2040	2041	2042	2044	2048	2049	2054
2056	2061	2062	2063	2067	2069	2075	2076	2078	2081	2082	2083
2093	2095	2097	2099	2116	2118	2119	2122	2123	2125	2126	2129
2130	2131	2134	2135	2136	2139	2141	2143	2144	2145	2146	2148
2151	2152	2153	2155	2162	2163	2168	2186	2187	2188	2189	2190
2191	2192	2193	2194	2195	2196	2198	2200	2202	2203	2204	2205
2206	2208	2209	2210	2211	2212	2213	2214	2215	2216	2217	2218
2221	2224	2226	2231	2234	2236	2243	2244	2247	2257	2258	2265
2266	2274	2277	2281	2283	2285	2289	2292	2293	2294	2295	2296
2299	2307	2309	2311	2320	2325	2328	2334	2338	2341	2344	2345
2348	2349	2352	2353	2359	2364	2368	2373	2376	2377	2381	2384
2387	2390	2391	2399	2400	2401	2404	2415	2511	2514	2518	2555
2581	2591	2594	5169

NOTE: Many of these badge numbers do not coincide with the records of the badges that were bought by Headquarters.

Interviews were conducted with the following individuals:

T.P. McNamara, Deputy U.S. Marshal, 1972
Thomas H. Bradley, Deputy U.S. Marshal (1941), 1976
Rick Hall, V.H. Blackinton Co., 1989
Michelle Bush-Rafik, U.S. Marshals Service, 1989
Elizabeth Howard, U.S. Marshals Service, 1989
Art Daniels, Retired Chief Inspector, 1989
William Hall, Retired Director, 1989
Reis Kash, Retired Division Chief, 1989
Mike Speerman, U.S. Marshals Service, 1989
Carl Parish, U.S. Marshals Service, 1989
James Mulcahy, U.S. Marshals Service, 1989
Joseph Enders, U.S. Marshals Service, 1989

PUBLICATIONS:
U.S. Marshals Bulletins 1941 thru 1970
U.S. Marshals Memos 1991 thru 1992

Researched by:

George R. Stumpf, Western Historian
PO Box 311
Cheyenne, WY 82003

DISCLAIMER: These badges are not being displayed for sale or trade purposes. They are a representation of the U.S. Marshals Service