February 29, 2024
A Pair of Vintage Pinkerton Detective Agency Security Officer Badges
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You are bidding on a pair of vintage Pinkerton Security Service badges. They are in great condition and are original, NOT reproductions. They belonged to my Father in law who has passed away and was a Pinkerton Security Guard, they were issued to him.Good luck bidding.....THANKS for looking.....!! Wikipedia Info on the history of the "Pinkertons" Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. , founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, usually shortened to the Pinkertons , is a private security guard and detective agency established in the U.S. by Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB .[ 1] Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln , who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War .[ 2] Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to private military contracting work. Pinkerton was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world at the height of its power. [3 ] At its height, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than there were members of the standing army of the United States of America .[ citation needed ]During the labor unrest of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, businessmen hired the Pinkerton Agency to infiltrate unions , supply guards,
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