1880s Badge


Texas Ranger Badge, ca. 1880s

 

 

 

 

Texas Ranger Badge, ca. 1880s
This circle-star badge was made in the late 1880s from a Mexican 8-Peso coin.
Considered the earliest authentic style of Ranger badge, it was known to be worn
by members of Ira Aten’s Texas Ranger Company D.
Gift of Dan Ragsdale / Catalog# 2584.1