Repeat of my post in the classifieds section:
Weren't these "sheriff's badges" originally made of plastic? I seem to remember speaking with an Essex copper during some unpleasantness with miners, dockers whoever soon after they were introduced and being told they were a pain as the pins kept falling off, the badges got pulled off by seat belts etc.
They always seemed the sort of thing that would get snatched in a scuffle.
The Essex helmet plates were made of red plastic with a silver coloured finish which didn't take a half brick well
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