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Maywood, IL Police 1st issue badge.
Hallmark: The C. H. Hansen Co. Chicago.
- Maywood became the home of the 33rd Tank Company, Illinois National Guard. The Armory was located on Madison Street, two blocks east of First Avenue. It was organized on 3 May 1929 with the purpose of training men for combat. On 25 November 1940, 122 men of the 33rd Tank Company were inducted into active service to become Company B of the famous 192nd Tank Battalion which fought on the Philippine islands. They were destined to become victims of the Bataan Death March in April 1942. Of the 122 men of Company B, only 41 returned to Maywood alive. Their sacrifice has been honored with a Bataan Day Parade.Â Also, Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue grew up here.

Menominee, MI- Chief Police badge.
Added to Collection Apr. 1940.
Provenance: Frank Parsek Chief Menominee, MI Police.
Hallmark: C. D. Reese 57 Warren St. N. Y.
NOTE: This badge was listed as being from Illinois by mistake. It is from Michigan.

Motorola Company Guard 67
Hallmark: The C. H. Hansen Co. Chicago.
-Motorola started in Chicago, Illinois as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (at 847 West Harrison Street)^[9] in 1928, with its first product being a battery eliminator. Paul Galvin purchased the patents to the automotive radio and acquired the rights to the trade name Motorola ("motor" and "Victrola") from William Lear. The name Motorola was adopted in 1930, and the word has been used as a trademark since the 1930s.

Madison, IN Police
Added to Collection July 1954.
Provenance: Ralph S. Bruther Chief of Madison Police

Manhattan Beach Police 13
Provenance: C. W. Crumley Chief of Manhattan Beach Police. Hallmark: Entenmann Los Angeles 15
Note - Manhattan Beach, CA
Manhattan Beach is a city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California,
George H. Peck owned a lot of the land that became part of the north section of Manhattan Beach. Supposedly, a coin flip decided the town's name. Around 1902, the beach suburb was named "Manhattan" after the developer's home town, Manhattan Beach, New York.
Manhattan Beach is the home of both beach and indoor volleyball, and surfing; during the winter, the waves can get as big as 12 feet.

Markesan, WI Police

Marquette Co., WI

Mason County, MI
Added to Collection Oct. 1955
Provenance: Leon Kruska.

Mayfield Heights, OH Police
Provenance: N. A. Tagg Chief of Mayfield Heights Police

Melrose Park, IL Police 1st issue badge #30.
Added to Collection Jan. 1940.
Provenance: William Castleman Western Electric Cicero, IL

Maywood, IL Special Police 20
Added to Collection May 1939
Provenance: R.H. Bailey Chief of Maywood Police.

Mentor, OH Deputy Marshal
Added to Collection July 1946.
Provenance: Wayne Lingafelter Chief of Mento Police
Hallmark: The Taylor Bros. Co. MFRS. Cleveland, O.

Middletown Police
Hallmark: S. H. Reese 57 Warren St. New York N. Y.

Milledgeville, GA Chief Police

Minneapolis, MN Police 441
Added to Collection July 1949.
Provenance: William Joyce Insp. of Police Minneapolis. Hallmarked Northwestern Stamp Works Minneapolis, Minn.

Minneapolis Police
Added to Collection July 1949.
Provenance: William Joyce Insp. of Police Minneapolis.

Minocqua, WI Police
Added to Collection July 1947
Provenance: L. C. Bradley Chief of Minocqua, WI Police

Mississippi State Univ. Security

Moline, IL Police 1st issue badge. 43
Provenance: nial M. Hogeboom Chief of Moline Police.
Hallmark: The C. H. Hansen Co. Chicago.

Monroe Co. WI Deputy Sheriff J. Parker

Monte Vista, CA Police Reserve

Montgomery Special Police

Morgan City, LA Police
Hallmark: Entenmann Los Angeles 15

Motorcycle Police hat badge Illinois
Added to Collection July 1939
Provenance: Charence Buehl Chief of Western Springs Police

M.S.K.C.C. Security
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, N.Y.

Mt. Healthy, OH Police
Hallmark: Wright, Cin. O
Provenance: George Kemem Chief of
Mt. Healthy Police.

Police Captain hat badge Missouri

Munster, IN Police
Note - Munster, Indiana
This bedroom community lies in the Chicago metropolitan area, about 30 miles southeast of the Chicago Loop. During the Cold War, Munster served as the site of the Nike-Zeus Missile defense base C-46. The site was closed in 1971. The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Potawatomi. Although a village did not exist in what was to become Munster's town boundaries, a trail along the dry sandy ridge now known as Ridge Road was well traveled by the tribe.