Louisiana--New Orleans. 1903 Four-Part Badge for the International Association of Chiefs of Police Convention. Silvered Brass. Extremely Fine. 42 mm x 108 mm. The main part is a suspended star enclosed within a crescent moon inscribed INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION / CHIEFS OF POLICE / NEW ORLEANS / MAY 2-5 / 1903 suspended from two bars inscribed SECOND ANNUAL and CONVENTION. These all suspended from a round pin-back hanger depicting the Cabildo (where the Louisiana Purchase was ratified) within an agricultural wreath and three bales labelled N.O. - LA. All four parts signed, in various ways, by the manufacturer (the Whitehead-Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey) on the reverse. An attractive and desirable badge.
