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badge

Catalog Number
1981.4.2
Title
Translation: onne
Description
Badge,gold-colored, with an Eagle at the top.  Below the Eagle are the words "Chief of Police", a seal with two deer appears below this, followed the words "Holland, Mich.".
History
Chief of Police badge worn by donor's father, Peter A. Lievense (1886-1962) at the time of the Holland State Bank robbery in 1932. He was shot by one of the bank robbers. He was chief of police for 2 or 3 years.
Gift of
Lievense, George