Hospital Security Badge

Hospital Security Badge St. Joseph’s Hospital, Milwaukee Wisconsin

To me as a collector nothing is more frustrating than a “maverick” badge, medal or token without the issuer’s city or state name. Case in point is this badge which I am fairly sure is from Milwaukee even though I will never be able to prove it. Also interesting is that this design type is almost always found as a hat badge except in this case. This one is a St. Joseph’s Hospital, Security Officer breast badge, nickel finish pin back 2 5/8 inches tall by 2 2/8 inches wide. This old badge would date from the late 1920’s- 30’s when my father was a cook there. The hospital staff was run by the nuns back then and from what he told me I don’t think those nuns would have needed much if any help from uniformed security.