ID Badges and Holders

Equipment Other Props
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I know there is a thread about police style badges somewhere, but I have searched and searched for it and cannot find it.

A while ago I came across the thread where someone had made a metal police style badg. So I figured why not, I’ll give it a shot. I went to a site and had one made, went on E-bay bought an enamel pin dremeled the pin off and attached it to the center of the shield (at this point I need to add this was not my idea and if I could find the thread about it I would give proper credit to whomever did it.) this is how it came out:

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I also got a badge wallet to go with it so I could have my badge with my GBFans ID card:

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And finally since I’m going to Wondercon and wanted a way to place the badge and the wondercon badge together I picked up one of these:

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The place I ordered the badge from was BadgeandWallet.com and cost approx $80.00 and 15.00 for the wallet.

I found the badge holder at a surplus store for $10.00. You need to be sure to tell them not to include a shield on the badge so you can put a GB logo there. The number on the bottom is the month and year I was born.

And of course the GBFans ID card was purchased through AJ and the site.

Like I said if I could remember who did this I would want to thank them. I’m really happy the way it came out.

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hawaiiangb originally came up with the idea:

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The only custom badge I have is for my RPD Uniform :B

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Thanks for giving Hawaiiangb the shout out :smiley:

I like to give proper credit for these things. I simply could not remember who it was

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I saw this badge today in person and it is AWESOME!

Nice job Bill & Sidney, those badges looks great! image

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Thanks Sam..Wondercon is gonna be a blast! I gotta keep my credit cards at home though I’m sure there’s going to be a boatload of stuff there!

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I got one too. TOTALLY stole hawaiiangb’s idea and design. Good for undercover bustin’.

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Would there be any legal issues with these? …cause i kinda want one now.

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There wouldn’t be. It is illegal to impersonate a Police officer, Fire officer etc. but having a “prop” for novelty purposes of a COMPLETELY fictional and no-chance-of-existing movie company is fine.

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I picked up the pin almost 2 years ago planning on using it to make a badge. Which design is that, and from which website?

I always think of this too late to be delivered in time for an event.

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HawaiianGB, (it looks like) cowboybill and I all used http://www.thefirestore.com/store/buildit.cfm?bisibi_type=1.

(Unfortunately I can’t direct link on that site) so go to:

-Smith and Warren

-Eagle tops group 1

-TFSS528

I got the nickel with soft enamel, block, red text.

I bought it at the same time as the “perfect fit” badge wallet. Also! You’ll notice when you put the badge together that you have to select a seal to go in the middle. Select any free one and when you get the badge put it over the steam of the kettle to melt the glue a bit and jimmy it off - that’s what I did.

Definitely worth getting, such a cool and not-so-common prop to have.

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Thanks! I was at the store a few months ago, and couldn’t locate that same badge. That will help!

Did you select the duo tone?

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Here’s mine:

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It’s funny I was this on my Alice frame strap on my shoulder and It’s usually the first thing people comment on:

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Where do you get badges from? You all seem to have the same kind: longer than it is wide with an eagle on top. Is that a standard costume badge?

Also how did you customize it to say “Ghostbusters Paranormal Investigations and Eliminations” ?

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This is where I was directed to for the badges. They make them custom for you. The logo in the middle is a vintage pin that shows up on ebay every now and then.

http://www.thefirestore.com/store/buildit.cfm?CFID=1809559&CFTOKEN=11823380&jsessionid=ee30990818102b511755TR

BTW, That link was reposted four posts above yours.

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Also, remember guys.

That website is a company that makes badges for real EMTs, Police Officers, and Fire Fighters; don’t flood them with Ghostbusters Badge requests - they might remove the ability to make customized badges if you overwhelm them.

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I got mine from here:

http://www.badgeandwallet.com/

I had them leave the center empty so I could place the pin in there. When they called to confirm my order I explained why I wanted the seal left empty and the guy on the phone thought it was pretty cool (this was a year ago mind you).

Also just want to thank HawaiianGB again for the inspiration to do this, without his post I would not have thought to have one made.

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nice custom job.

where did you source the GB logo for the centre piece?

is there a site which makes them or was it a ebay find?

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We mentioned the enamel pin several times in the thread. I got mine off ebay UK.

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I just searched for Ghostbusters enamel pin on ebay it they came up, got it pretty cheap too