Western Texas Railroad Police Gulf Mobile & Ohio Badge

BADGE, a solid copper double die struck with silver-plated antique finish Railroad Police Texas Gulf, Mobile, & Ohio. It is a shield with a raised star and Texas in the star. The badge measures 2 inches wide and has the clasp on the back to pin to a shirt. On December 16, 1836, the First Congress of the Republic of Texas chartered the Texas Rail Road, Navigation, and Banking Company to construct railroads "from and to any such points...as selected."