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Early Badges

Round silver badge with an eagle in the middle center, marked National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Round silver badge with an eagle in the middle center, marked National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Two silver badges shaped as 9-point stars. One is marked with black letters for a licensed guide. The other in blue for an assistant marshal.
Round silver badge with a central five-point star marked with the number 3. The rim is marked Yellowstone park scout.
Phil Barrett, Joe Stampfler, and another man carry climbing ropes and walking sticks. Stampfler wears a shield-shaped badge and Barrett a round one.
A man stands by another on horseback. Both wear breeches, boots, shirts, and flat brim hats. One has a round badge on his shirt.
A man stands by another on horseback. Both wear breeches, boots, shirts, and flat brim hats. One has a round badge on his shirt.

Symbols of Authority

Silver shield-shaped badge marked U.S. Park Ranger. The raised round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its left.
Round gold badge with National Park Service Department of the Interior around the rim and an eagle looking to its left in the middle.
Round silver badge with National Park Service Department of the Interior around the rim and an eagle looking to its left in the middle.
Silver shield-shaped badge marked U.S. Park Ranger. The raised round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its left.
Gold shield-shaped badge marked U.S. Park Ranger. The raised round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its left.
Gold shield-shaped badge marked U.S. Park Ranger. The raised round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its left.
Director Stephen Mather, standing with two men, wears breeches, shoes, puttees, shirt, bow tie, dark cowboy hat, and a round badge on his coat.
Seventeen men and a woman pose with Director Albright. Shield shaped badges are on the jacket pockets of five uniformed rangers.
Mounted ranger wearing the first NPS badge, 1922
Fifteen rangers on horseback. Superintendent Horace M. Albright is on the far left.
Seventeen men pose in in front of a building, 15 in NPS uniforms with broad brim hats. Shield-shaped badges are worn only by three men.

Badge Types

Shield-shaped badges with left facing eagle in the middle. Gold and silver marked U.S. Park Ranger, others marked U.S. Park Guide, U.S. Park Guard, and U.S. Park Warden.
Brass shield-shaped U.S. Park Ranger badge. The raised round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its left. Area around the center cut out and open.
Shield-shaped badges marked, National Park Service and US Depart of Interior. One marked Fire Guard and 179. Two marked Fire Control Aid.
Silver shield-shaped badge marked U.S. Park Ranger. NPS arrowhead with National Park Service Department of the Interior encircling it in the middle.
Silver shield-shaped badge marked National Park Ranger. The round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its right.
Gold shield-shaped badge marked National Park Ranger. The round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its right.e
Silver shield-shaped badge marked National Park Service. The round seal in the middle has an eagle looking to its right.
Herma Albertson poses in front of a stagecoach while wearing the NPS uniform with shield-shaped badge and holding a broad brim hat.
Gerald Ford poses in front of a log building while wearing the NPS uniform with shield-shaped badge and holding a broad brim hat.
Edmund Rogers and Newton Drury sit in front of a stack of logs. Rogers wears the NPS uniform with a round badge. Drury wears a suit.
Six men stand in NPS uniforms with broad brim hats. Frank Pinkley wears a round superintendents badge and another ranger wears a shield-shaped badge.
Man in NPS uniform sits astride a motorcycle with sidecar attached beneath a park sign. He wears a shield-shaped badge on his cap.
Man in an NPS uniform with broad brim hat and a silver shield shaped badge talks to a man leaning out of a car window.

Women in Uniform

Miss Rolle stands smiling at a railing on top of steps. She wears the NPS women’s uniform skirt, blouse, and jacket with shield-shaped badge.
Three Women Wearing the 1974 Uniform with Arrowhead Patch
Martha Bingaman poses wearing a skirt, blouse, scarf, soft brimmed hat, and vest. She has a shield-shaped badge pinned to the vest.
Seven women pose with Thomas Boles inside a cave. They all wear NPS uniforms. Only Boles wears a broad brim hat and a round superintendent’s badge.
Three women stand in front of a visitor center building. They wear NPS uniform skirts, blouses, shield-shaped badges, and pillbox hats.
Carol Scanlon models the beige NPS women’s uniform dress, scarf, and broad brim hat. The uniform has an arrowhead patch instead of a ranger badge.
Silver arrowhead shaped pin with trees, mountains, bison, and words National Park Service.
Marion Riggs in NPS uniform skirt, blouse, small arrowhead pin, and pillbox hat sits between seven men standing in uniforms with shield-shaped badges.

Evolving Design

A gold and a silver badge marked National Park Ranger. The round seal in the middle has a stylized pair of hands cupping a sun, mountains, and water.
Gold shield-shaped badge with eagle on top. Marked U.S. Park Ranger and 1 in blue. Round seal has blue border with bison in the middle.
Gold shield-shaped badge marked National Park Ranger. Round seal in the middle has a bison with US Department of the Interior March 3, 1849 around it.
Gold visitor’s aid badge with round seal in middle with green trees on yellow. Silver Visitor Center badge with eagle with red and blue flag in middle.
Gold shield-shaped bison badge marked National Park Ranger. Green banners at top and bottom read 1916-2000 and Preserving for Future Generations.
Gold arrowhead-shaped badge featuring bison scene engraved with Centennial at top and 1916-2016 below. Green banner reads National Park Service.e
James Riddle in NPS uniform with ball cap wears a shield-shaped badge featuring stylized hands.
Woman in NPS uniform and shield-shaped bison badge stands behind a desk taking to visitors.
Three people stand in NPS uniforms. Only two wear badges. A woman wears a gold shield shaped badge and a man a large gold arrowhead shaped badge.
Lena Koschmann stands on a beach wearing NPS uniform and ball cap. She has a shield-shaped badge with an eagle perched on top pinned to her shirt.
Martin Tow wears a broad brim hat and NPS uniform with shield-shaped badge bearing a bison pinned to his shirt.
Man in broad brim hat and uniform with shield-shaped badge on his shirt leans out the Junior Ranger Station window to hand a boy a shield shaped badge.
Man in NPS uniform with a shield-shaped badge and broad rim hat kneels on the deck of a boat talking to a man in wheelchair and a standing man.
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