NEW YORK POLICE 1664 SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI 1 INCH UNIFORM COAT BUTTON

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NEW YORK POLICE 1664 SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI 1 INCH UNIFORM COAT BUTTON
Single Button
Antique Seal of the City of New York, bears the legend in Latin " SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI 1664"
Interpretation of the Symbols of the City Seal:
Eagle - - Symbol of New York State
Indian - - Represents Native Americans that were already here
Sailor with navigational tools - - Represents settlement
Beaver - - Symbol of the Dutch East India Company (This was the first company to come to New York City)
Windmill, Barrel and Flower - - Represents early industry
The seal was modified in 1977 to use 1625 instead of 1664 (when England took possession) and inclusion of the Latin inscription Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci ("Seal of the City of New York") within the seal was made optional (thus resulting in two equally acceptable variants). Backstopped marked WATERBURY B CO. Conn
September 8, 1664 Peter Stuyvesant surrendered the Dutch Colony of New Netherlands, to the English. The entire colony, as well as the capital, New Amsterdam would be renamed New York, for the new “owner” James, Duke of York, brother of the English King. The government would now change to the English system; the Schout would now be called the Constable. This invasion had another, lasting effect on the NYPD - as the English Seal of the City of New York, or “SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI´ would be emblazoned on everything from Police Shields, Cap Devices, Car Doors, Patches and Buttons. Well, the Dutch were not out of the picture for good for two reasons - in 1673, the Dutch would have their own invasion and retake the City, and call it New Orange (the English won it back in November of 1674) and the final “word” on the subject was the date on the Seal was changed from 1664 to 1625, in remembrance of the early settlers of Manhattan the Dutch. Most NYPD equipment had the Seal without the date one exception - the police button.
Measures 1" Wide