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North to Alaska! Anchorage Police Issue 2 Challenge Coins with Sherlock Holmes Design
“I guess you’re going to take me to the police-station…”
– A Study In Scarlet (STUD)
In 2014, the Anchorage, Alaska Police Department redesigned some of their departmental logos and issued several challenge coins in commemoration. Two of those challenge coins feature a Sherlock Holmes design, one is round while the other is shaped like a police officer’s badge.
OBVERSE: (star) HOMICIDE, ROBBERY/ASSAULT, BURGLARY, THEFT, (star) / (Detective Badge) /FINANCIAL CRIMES UNIT, FORENSIC CRIME UNIT
REVERSE: (star) METRO, VICE, SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (star) / (Police patch with Sherlock Holmes in deerstalker and cape, holding a magnifying glass, facing left) / CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT, CYBER CRIMES
50mm, Round, Enamel
OBVERSE: (Anchorage Police Detective Badge)
REVERSE: (Police patch with Sherlock Holmes in deerstalker and cape, holding a magnifying glass, facing left)
28mm by 40mm, Badge Shaped, Enamel
Thanks to the 33rd Garrideb, Al Gregory, for bringing these two challenge coins to our attention!
How can we buy these coins or the patch mentioned in the article?
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