Marshal's Badge
Dodge City
This badge design is a shield with a cutout 5 point star in the center. Across the top of the badge is the word "Marshal" and across the bottom of the badge is "Dodge City". It is silver in color with a pin back. This is a new imported item. A Little Bit of History
Dodge City, Kansas became a major terminal for cattle driven from Texas along the Chisholm Trail from Texas after 1875. Earp was appointed assistant marshal in Dodge City, under Marshal Larry Deger, in 1876. There is some indication that Earp traveled to Deadwood, South Dakota Dakota Territory, during the winter of 1876-7. Wyatt was not on the police force in Dodge City in the later part of 1877, although he is listed as being on the force in the spring. His presence in Dodge as a private citizen is substantianted by a July notice in the newspaper that he was fined $1.00 for slapping a muscular prostitute named Frankie Bell, who (according to the papers) "...heaped epithets upon the unoffending head of Mr. Earp to such an extent as to provide a slap from the ex-officer..". Apportionment of the blame for this disturbance of the peace by those of the time is found in the fact that Bell spent the night in jail and was fined costs of $20.00, while Earp's fine was the legal minimum.(Taken from Wikipedia)
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