THIS AUCTION IS FOR ONE RARE NJ BADGE FROM THE LONG DEFUNCT HUDSON COUNTY BOULEVARD POLICE. THIS BADGE DATES BACK TO THE 1930's 40's AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE FOR IT's AGE. THE BADGE IS FULL SIZED AND 100% ORIGINAL. THE BADGE HAS THE ORIGINAL PIN AND FINDINGS AS WELL AS ALL THE ENAMEL LETTERING. A BADGE LIKE THIS DOES NOT POP UP OFTEN FOR SALE , SO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS ONE , GRAB IT NOW !!! THE HUDSON COUNTY BOULEVARD POLICE EXISTED FROM ABOUT THE EARLY 1930's TILL THE 1960's. THE DEPT WAS DISBANDED IN THE 60's AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT GOING TO RETIRE AT THAT TIME WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE HUDSON COUNTY POLICE DEPT. ( WHICH IS ALSO LONG GONE , DISBANDED IN THE MID 1990's ) THE H.C. BOULEVARD POLICE ONLY PATROLLED THE HUDSON COUNTY BOULEVARD WHICH RAN THROUGH HUDSON COUNTY. THE DEPT ONLY PATROLLED THAT ROAD CURB TO CURB, NONE OF THE SIDE STREETS OF THE CITIES OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY. THE HUDSON COUNTY BOULEVARD IS NOW NAMED J.F. KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND RUNS FROM BAYONNE ALL THE WAY INTO WEST NEW YORK / GUTTENBERG.
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