Marshal's Badge
Indian Territory Limited Quantities
This is a cresent shaped badge with a 5 point star in the center. "Marshal" is across the top and "I.T. Untied States" is in the star. The badge is silver in color with a pin back.This is a new imported item. Note: This badge is no longer available from our supplier. Quantity limited to in stock only. A Little Bit of History
Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn is a fictional wild west character who first appears in the Charles Portis novel True Grit. The novel was adapted into a movie (True Grit, 1969) and a 1975 sequel titled Rooster Cogburn was also produced. John Wayne played Cogburn in both films and garnered his only Oscar for his performance in the first movie. Cogburn is portrayed as an anti-hero, an unusual role for Wayne, who usually played strait-laced heroes. The character was also featured in a 1978 made-for-TV sequel, also called True Grit, starring Warren Oates in the featured role.
Cogburn is described as a "fearless, one-eyed U.S. marshal who never knew a dry day in his life." He is "the toughest marshal" working the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) on behalf of Judge Isaac Parker, the real-life U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Arkansas (having criminal jurisdiction in the Indian Territory, as the baliff repeatedly announces in both films).(Taken from Wikipedia)
The badge that John Wayne wore in True Grit was a six point star and he played a Deputy U.S. Marshal.
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