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Badges of America's Finest: A Pictorial Guide to the Badges of American Lawmen and Price Guide

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This is a wonderfully illustrated book. For those of us who like to see badges, but could never afford to actually own them, this book will give you almost the same pleasure. It would have been nice to see more from the eastern United States, but it did not deter me from enjoying the author's presentation.

As a badge collector, I found this book enjoyable to read with plenty of photos. There are not alot of books are there for badge collectors, so I did not hesitate to purchase this one. Hardcover and detailed photos. If you collect law enforcement badges, you need this book in your library.

This item is a really nice coffee table book. It contains very impressive photos of some rare badges and police photos. It also has a few game warden badges. It is organized by state and ends with federal badges. It does not have very many badges however, and the ones it does have are for the VERY serious collector as almost all are between $1000 to over $10,000. It also, unfortunately, doesn't contain fake or replica badge spotting information either. It is not a book for those who are trying to get the price of a badge that you found in an antique shop or on ebay. These types of badges are already in the hands of wealthy collectors and are traded and sold at very select venues. If you are an amature collector and want to dream about being one of the big boys or if you actually are one of the big boys then this book is for you. If not, then you may want to pass this up and use your money for a little higher priced badge to add to your collection.