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Texas Ranger Clint Peoples Cinco Peso Ranger Badge. . ...
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Texas Ranger Clint Peoples Cinco Peso Ranger Badge.Constructed from a Mexican 1947 or 1948 issue five peso coin which has been hammered slightly convex and voided to create the Texas "Lone Star" central motif. The badge is engraved on the obverse DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY / TEXAS RANGER, the letters highlighted with black paint and enhanced with additional floral accents. The reverse still retains traces of the die struck 5 peso coin and features a hinged pin and barrel catch for mounting. Sold together with correspondence related to the badge; including a letter on Nelson-Silvia Co, Inc letterhead from Floyd Silva to John D. Calhoun stating "In reference to the photos of the Cinco Peso Ranger Badge this is some of our work, but we do not have records to reflect the date or original owner......There is a possibility that it could have been Capt. Peoples, in as much as he and Mr. Nelson we acquainted. I bought the business in January 1963 and the staff was already making Cinco Peso Badges at the time........" Signed, Floyd Silvia. Lot includes the book Captain Clint Peoples, Texas Ranger by James M. Day and is dedicated to John and Nita Calhoun. Also included is a canceled check in the amount of $49.70 from Calhoun to Mrs. Clint Peoples for 2 books [1994] and a Texas Ranger commemorative coin with a "post it" note from Donna Peoples.
Clinton Thomas Peoples was born in Bridgeport, Texas, on August 25, 1910. During the Conroe oil boom, he served as a deputy sheriff, later becoming chief deputy. Governor Miriam "Ma" Ferguson appointed him as a Special Texas Ranger to oversee the state's four horse racing tracks.
In 1941, Peoples joined the Texas Department of Public Safety as a highway patrolman and became a Texas Ranger in 1946, assigned to Headquarters Company in Austin. He was promoted to Captain of Company F in 1953 and later handled high-profile cases involving Billie Sol Estes, the Maceo brothers, the La Grange Chicken Ranch, and George Parr.
In 1969, he became Senior Ranger Captain and transferred to Austin. After retiring in 1974, he was appointed U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Texas by President Nixon, serving for 14 years.
Condition: Fine, displaying little wear from use.
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2025 June 9 Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria Signature® Auction #6320 (go to Auction Home page)
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