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Alaska
I started collecting Alaska badges and patches over 40 years ago. I won't be posting my entire collection, but I will be adding items from time to time. Check back often!
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Carl Ahstrom at his homestead in Kenai (circa 1955).
In 1953 the Alaska Legislature changed the name from the Territorial Highway Patrol to the Territorial Police. The size of the department had now increased to about 50 officers. Badge #38 was issued to Carl Ahlstrom who was stationed in Kenai.
Early Seward badge.
This Juneau Special Deputy Police badge was one of the badges issued to the temporary officers during the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company strike of 1935.
Early Ketchikan badge.
The Alaska Railroad began in 1923. This style of badge was used from around the 1940's to the 1960's.
Hat badge #38 issued to Carl Ahlstrom.
This style of breast badge was used from the early 1940's to 1953. This badge was issued to Walter Sinn.
This style of shoulder patch was used from 1941 to 1953 and only on the left side of the uniform. This patch was issued to Walter Sinn.
This style of hat badge was used from 1941 to 1953. This badge was issued to Walter Sinn.
The North Pole Alaska Police Department was formed in 1953. This was one of their early badges.
The Alaska Territorial Highway Parol was created in 1941. There were roughly 30 officers to cover the entire area of Alaska. Badge #117 was issued to Walter Sinn. He was the first law enforcement officer to be stationed in Barrow on the Arctic Coast.
Style of patch used 1953 to 1959 by the Alaska Territorial Police on the left side of the uniform. Issued to Carl Ahlstrom.
Early Nome badge.
In 1904 the City of Fairbanks created a police department by hiring a Chief of Police. The early Fairbanks Police badges were in the shape of a star and the style was used until sometime in the 1940's. This star badge was obtained by Territorial Police Officer Walter Sinn from the Fairbanks Police Department in the early 1940's.
In June of 1935 there was an ongoing strike at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. At least 290 men had wished to return to work but the Alaska Gold Mining Company wanted assurance the men returning to work would have protection. The city council authorized the Chief to put on enough extra officers to give the men the necessary protection.
In 1868 the United States purchased the area now known as Alaska from Russia. Early law enforcement was lacking and prior to 1884 the Territory of Alaska was under military rule. In 1884 the first United States Marshal for the Territory of Alaska was commissioned. In 1900, three divisions within the Alaska Territory were created. This was one of those early badges.
This small patch was used from 1941 to 1959 on the right side of the Territorial Highway Patrol and Territorial Police shirt sleeve. This patch came from one of Walter Sinn's uniforms.
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