1800s Telegraph Badges
In the 1800s, badges with an "identify me" telegraph code were sold by the Fraternal Protective Association. If you were dead or injured, people could telegraph the code to them and they would respond with a file identifying you.
Alas, the telegraphs are broken in Circus of Brass and Bone, so I can't use this so much, but it's so cool!
Source: http://www.pimall.com/nais/pivintage/rarebadges.html (I stumbled across it while researching Pinkerton badges. Answer: yes, they had them.)
Alas, the telegraphs are broken in Circus of Brass and Bone, so I can't use this so much, but it's so cool!
Source: http://www.pimall.com/nais/pivintage/rarebadges.html (I stumbled across it while researching Pinkerton badges. Answer: yes, they had them.)