TYPE: Prestige Badge. Not issued by the San Antonio Police Department.
DESCRIPTION: All metal, Gold in color. A modified Simmang/Kilday (SK33) badge in gold (supervisor) tone. All lettering is in blue. The rank bar is outlined in blue. The SK33 was designed by Charles Simmang Jr. (a local engraver and die sinker) and Owen Kilday (Chief of Police, SAPD 1929-1939) in 1933. The concave banner reads FIRE & POLICE, the lower convex banner reads ELY I. BERGMANN and the rank bar in the center reads CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER.
PERIOD OF USE: Mr. Bergmann was Chairman of the Fire and Police Civil Service Commission during the early 1950s.