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E
BALTIMORE POLICE 4th. ISSUED PATROLMAN BADGE
INTRODUCED MAY 27, 1890 AND REPLACED IN 1976.
PATROLMAN CHAUFFEUR BADGE FOR THOSE OFFICERS WHO WERE AUTHORIZED TO DRIVE AN
AUTOMIBLE.
POLICE WOMAN BADGE, a rank that is no longer used.
DETECTIVE BADGE early style with applied number on botton
SERGEANT BADGE with stamped numbers
DETECTIVE SERGEANT BADGE
early issue with applied numbers
LIEUTENANT BADGE
early issue with applied numbers
LIEUTENANT POLICE WOMAN
CAPTAIN BADGE
Captain "Commander"
DISTRICT COMMANDER BADGE
Chief Inspector rank was introduced in 1922 and used for a few years
afterwards.
This Official rank was equivalent to the replaced Marshal of Police and
answered directly to the Police Commissioner.
He was basically the Chief of Police under the Commissioner.
There was only one Chief Inspector over the regular Inspectors of the Department.
An interesting and rare matched set of the 4th issued badge and hat devices from 1880 through the
present day.
Above shows the original 4th issue badge issued in 1890.
Below shows the original “tunnel” type pin & catch assembly
Badges were manufactured by the Hahn Company in Baltimore, Maryland without any hallmark.
Hahn manufactured badges for the department from the mid 1800’s through 1976.
Above is the hat wreath used between 1880 and 1896
Below is the style that was used between 1895 and 1915
The hat device depicted above is the style that was first introduced in 1915 and is still the
style currently in use today. A long time tradition of the Baltimore Police Department
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