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WARNING, ANOTHER FEDERAL POLICE PATCH HAS BEEN REPRODUCED!
U.S. SECRET SERVICE
Emergency Response Team

This is patch # 3594 in The Encyclopedia of Federal Law Enforcement Patches.

The fraudulent patch is shown above, compared to the real thing. The real patch was made by Lion Brothers of Maryland, which makes the finest quality emblems possible. If you have ever felt a Lion Brothers patch you know it. This patch is less than 50% embroidered, and while Lion used the normal plastic backing, pulled in to the fabric, the real patch will feel somewhat limp.

On the fraudulent patch the yellow is a shade brighter than on the original patch. The letters on the original patches are not connected, on the fake the letters IT, ED, ST, AT, ES, SECR, ET, SERVICE, on the outer ring are all connected. All of the letters on the words UNIFORMED DIVISION are connected on the fake, none are connected on the real patch. The easy way to tell the difference is to look at the back of the patch. The real patches allow you to see the black fabric. The fraudulent patch has white netting used in the industry to stiffen patches. On the fake the tail is held down with hot glue, on the real patch there is a tail, held down by being fused into the plastic

The real patch is slightly larger at a full four inches. The repro is 4/32 of an inch smaller than the full four inches.

Darrell Haynes
Design & Production of embroidered emblems
emblems@iname.com
P.O. BOX 9072 WICHITA, KS 67277-0072 U.S.A.

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