Is this legal?

[TexasTreasures]

I went to a garage sale this morning and the woman was selling her husband's old fire and ems badges from the town where they used to live.
My question-is it legal to sell badges that are still being used?
I bought them, just because I didn't want the wrong person getting hold of them, if nothing else, I'll use them in some altered art. But I'm still curious about how legal her selling them is?

[thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat]

Contact your local fire and ambulance service. If it is legal where you live then it probably is where she lived and vice versa. However anyone wanting to use them for evil could easily get fake badges at costume shops.

[zickit]

Good question.
I doubt it is legal to sell them -BUT then again it's legal to sell police patches - so you never know.

Sounds like you have some research to do. I would start with contact that fire station and see what they say.

We don't want you arrested so make sure you get names of the folks that tell you it's ok to sell.

[tchxtremescooters]

[TexasTreasures]

I don't think it's legal-or shouldn't be, anyway! As I said, I just bought them so that no one else would...I'm just that way, strict upbringing!
But I took a look at another site where badges were listed, and each one said 'retired' or 'obsolete', something along that order. so that is probably the requirement.
I'm going to write to the Seguin police dept. today and find out if these are retired, or if they want them back...plus shipping, of course-lol!

[poopsheet]

[TexasTreasures]

that's true! I hadn't thought about that..thanks! i tried to contact the Seguin FD this morning online, no contact link, just long distance. I will just put these away and someday when they are antiques, my kids can sell them here!