Posted 9 years ago
Militarist
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We went to a flea market on Saturday. The flea market was a dud but in a near by mall I did find this Milwaukee Division Engineer badge. According to the Milwaukee City Charter of 1914, a Division Engineer would have been one of several engineers appointed by the city engineer to assist him as of the 1870‘s. My old Milwaukee phone book of 1974 lists 3 divisions : sewer, construction and water. These divisions are subdivided into sections and districts. The 5 arm star design would date this badge from the 1870's to the early 1900's when the 6 arm star design was adopted. The badge was very dark but did clean up a bit showing it to be gold face or gold plated on front. I have never seen this job title on a Milwaukee badge before.
