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Argentinian police badges
Collection — Box: BW-1, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-0983
Scope and Contents
These two badges have the same design of a laurel wreath topped with a heraldic sun surrounding an image of two clasped hands holding a pike topped with a Phrygian (or liberty) cap. One badge is gold in color and the other is silver. Both have fastenings on the reverse for sewing onto clothing. The coat of arms of Argentina was originally designed in 1813, and it uses imagery popularized during the French Revolution, such as the Phrygian cap on a pike, which was included in the symbol of the...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections