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LOT 3250
Historic Silver Sheriff
Suspension Badge Inscribed
H.D. Winship - Offered here is a
hand engraved silver suspension
star sheriff badge with the name
“H.D. WINSHIP” on the crescent
banner. A careful examination
of period census records makes
Henry D. Winship the most
likely owner of this high quality
jeweler made sheriff badge.
Winship was born on May 19,
1837 in Princeton, (Bureau
County), Illinois and lived there
until he enlisted in the Union
Army on August 27, 1861. During almost five years of service, he
was promoted to the rank of captain of Company F, 33rd Regiment,
Illinois Infantry and was in various Civil War battles including the capture of Petersburg and Richmond in April 1865. He was discharged in May 1866. Winship returned to Illinois and lived in Putnam County where he worked as a school teacher. In approximately 1884, Winship moved his family to Chadron, Nebraska, where his homesteading application was patented on July 15, 1890. He built a log home and various barns on his 160 acre property. It was during his time in Chadron that he served as Dawes County Sheriff and as town chief of police from 1893 to 1902. Winship eventually moved to Platte County, Wyoming, where he lived the
remainder of his life. He died on April 29, 1931 and is buried in the Prairie Rest Cemetery in Guernsey, Wyoming.
CONDITION: Fine, even wear with a highly attractive aged silver appearance. Provenance: The Robert B. “Bob” Berryman Estate Collection.
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500
LOT 3251
1931 Presentation Inscribed, Gold and Diamond Miami Beach Chief of Detectives Badge of O. C. Ball - Offered here is the gold Miami Beach Chief of Detectives badge of Ora C. Ball. Three diamonds adorn the front of the badge. The presentation inscription is on the back of the badge: “WITH BEST WISHES/ TO OUR/CHIEF/ORA C. BALL/FROM/JULIUS DAMENSTEIN/5-15-31.” Miami Beach Chief of Detectives O.C. Ball was appointed detective in February 1931. One of Ball’s early cases
as a Miami Beach detective was the arrest
of Laurence Shannon wanted in connection
with a $50,000 jewelry holdup robbery in
Chicago. Prior to joining the Miami Beach Police Department, Ball was a member of the Indianapolis Police Department and police chief of Montauk,
Long Island. Born in Germany, Julius Damenstein became an American citizen on the Fourth of July, 1915, was a jeweler by trade and opened a jeweler store in Miami on West Flagler St. Perhaps this badge was presented to Ball as a token of appreciation for the capture of jewel thief Laurence Shannon, who was certainly every jeweler’s worst nightmare.
CONDITION: Exceptionally fine, showing typical minor handling marks.
Provenance:
The Robert B. “Bob” Berryman Estate Collection. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000
LOT 3252
Two Masonic Lodge
Badges - 1) Gold
Athelstan Masonic
Lodge no. 369 (Mobile,
Alabama) badge with the
name “M.T. Sprague.”“M.T.
Sprague” is possibly Myron Sprague, who operated the wholesale drug house of
M.T. Sprague & Co. in Mobile
in the 1880s. 2) Albion Masonic Lodge Far East no. 3729 badge with the back stamped with hallmarks and “SPENCER/LONDON.” This lodge was located in Hawaii and served as General Douglas MacArthur’s lodge when
he was on the island. CONDITION: Both badges are exceptionally fine, retaining nearly all of the enamel. Provenance:
The Robert B. “Bob” Berryman Estate Collection.
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500
LOT 3253
Pre-World War II Silver State of Colorado Game Warden Badge - This pre-war silver Colorado Game Warden badge no. 232 features a brass state of Colorado seal in the center, is marked “Sachs-Lawlor/DENVER” on the back and has a vertical pin back.
CONDITION: Exceptionally fine, with untouched, attractive aged silver appearance.
Provenance: The Robert B. “Bob” Berryman Estate Collection.
Estimate: 800 - 1,300
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