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Badge, Law Enforcement

Object number2007.178.12

Date1984-1989

MediumLeather; metal; plastic; paper; ink

Credit LineGift of Joe Davis

DescriptionSilver police badge inside black leather wallet. Badge: engraved eagle at top, wheat/vines(?) on both sides, and beams in background. Engraved in blue rank on banner; on second banner is organization name; in center, multi-colored round image of seal of Pennsylvania with state name in arc around it. On third banner is additional organizational text. Wallet: On front cover, white screen-printed organizational name with of Pennsylvania. Inside left, clear plastic window with two associated papers: Pittsburgh Housing Authority Police identification card featuring Arnold H. Smith's photograph and signature; and Allegheny County License to Carry Firearms with identity information about Smith with a blue stamp regarding former profession; on back: right thumb print and social security number. Blue leatherette page separates plastic window and badge.DimensionsWALLET: Width-- 3; Length-- 4.625

BADGE: W--2.5; L-- 3.25
InscriptionsBadge:
Engraved in blue on banner, "LIEUTENANT"; on second banner, "PITTSBURGH HOUSING AUTHORITY"; in center, multi-colored round image of seal of PA, with "STATE OF / PENNSYLVANIA" in arc around it.
On third banner, "POLICE" and on fourth, "1".

Wallet:
On front cover, white screen-printed, "PITTSBURGH / [seal of PA] / HOUSING AUTHORITY / POLICE".
Inside has two associated papers: "POLICE / Pittsburgh Housing Authority" and signature; "ALLEGHENY COUNTY...LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS" with identity information about Smith, notably with a blue stamp, "RETIRED POLICE"; on back: right thumb print and social security number.
Historical NotesArnold Herbert Smith was a Pittsburgh police officer before spending twelve years with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Police Force. Arnold Herbert Smith, Sr., was born on October 11, 1923, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Schenley High School in 1942, and quickly enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater. Three years later he married Mattie Lesesne; four children were born to this marriage. Years after his divorce to Mattie, he married Estella Pennington, with whom he had one son. Smith worked as a steelworker before joining the Pittsburgh Police Force in 1974; he eventually worked for the Housing Authority before retiring in 1986. Smith was also active in organizations, being a 32nd Degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of both the Veterans of Foreign Affairs and the Fraternal Order of Police. He died September 19, 1999.

Previous owner Arnold Herbert Smith Sr. (1923 - 1999)

Related institution Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

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