Badges
TYPE: Badge of office. Worn by uniformed officers of the San Antonio Police Department assigned as “Traffic Officers.” Such duty entailed assignment to a static post (such as an intersection) or small area (such as a short street, construction site or parking area) for the control of vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
DESCRIPTION: All metal. Usually silver in color. There are at least four distinct derivations of the badge.
Traffic Badge derivation two (TBd2) has the chapel and bar integrated into one piece. The words SAN ANTONIO do not extend beyond the width of the chapel. The chapel and name bar piece have two feathers or wings which act as soldering points to the lower shield which has the two banners, one concave with the word TRAFFIC and one convex with the word POLICE, above and below the center area where the numbers are affixed. This shield gives the appearance of being slightly less wide than the TBd1 and slightly taller. Photograph #6 shows Traffic Officer David Bradshaw wearing what appears to be a TBd2.
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