Presidential Service Badge, Document & Kennedy Zippo

[vintageproductions]

Well, I don't normally post items in the new finds section, but I thought this group was definately cool enough to put here. All named to a Spec. 4 James Besco. There is his Presidential Serrvice badge that is numbered 326. His document for his service, noting badge number 326, for service with LBJ. Then a killer slim line Zippo. On the front is the Presidential shield, factory engraved. On the reverse is EUROPEAN TRIP OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY JUNE 1963. I believe this is the trip where JFK made his famous Berlin Visit.

 

Here is the badge first:

 

 

[vintageproductions]

The certificate

 

[vintageproductions]

The Zippo

 

 

[Bob Hudson]

Those badges are cool.

 

[vintageproductions]

Bob, thanks, that is definately a great article. Plus seeing he was from Torrance, this came out of a flea market years ago in the South Bay area, according to the collector who brought it in.

[Presidentialserver]

HI,

 

Very nice PSB and certificate. I could not read the date on the certificate but if the date is September 1, 1964 you are the pround owner of a PSB the first day of issue. The White House Service Badge was "retired" the end of August and the first PSBs were issued September 1, 1964. I own a PSB numbered 194 that was issued on September 1, 1964. I suspect your badge was issued on the same day.

 

Very nice find and also very unusual to have the badge and the cooresponding PSB certificate.

[vintageproductions]

Thank you for the info. Had to wait until I left the shop today to get home and check the date. Yes, it is dated 1 September 1964.

[Bob Hudson]

I sold a Presidential Service Badge two years ago. These don't sell very often and I had no idea of "market value," so I ended up selling it for a fixed price somewhere below $300. Two weeks after I sold it, I found through Google an ebay sale a couple months before where one went for $650! These are big, heavy pieces and rather impressive in person.

[kammo-man]

Fantastic grouping Bob ,

Signed ,

I am a donut !!!

owen

[Presidentialserver]

Thank you for the info. Had to wait until I left the shop today to get home and check the date. Yes, it is dated 1 September 1964.

Hi again,

 

To make your set complete, look for the lapel pin which is a smller version of the Presidential Service Badge. The early lapel pins have a screw type of back as opposed to the newer ones that have a push pin back.

 

All in all a very nice find. I was fortunate to find a PSB numbered 194 with the certificate also numbered 194 and the lapel pin to make a complete set.