coloniel belt buckle

[blak21jak]

:ph34r: I found a brass belt buckle with the date 1664 words on it are Police Department City Of New York it has a eagle on top to the left under the eagle there's a coloniel man,a crest in the middle and a indian on the right of the crest they are standing on a long leaf the date 1664 under it.It also has the words Sigillvm Civitatis Novieboraci.Any info I can get on this buckle will be appreciated help me out.Thank You

[D&b antiques]

:huh: are you' saying you failed your latin? so did I,( sigillum) means.small figure or image.( civitatis) common wealth or citizen ship.(novieboraci) unknown. kerrybee  will be along shortly we will ask her!

[D&b antiques]

LATE UPDATE. 2 WORD'S.( novi)  mean's (new)  eboraci ( york) translation is new york.

[kerrybee]

My latin memory is "omnia gaulia divisa est ------"  Something like that -  9th grade - - Hey Dewain, I am IMPRESSED.   Now the question remains - is it original to the time period, or commemorative?  My guestimate is commemorative.  In 1664 was New York a city, or called a city?  And would it have been called a police department rather than a constabulary?  It was still an English colony then.

Any history buffs out there?  I'll try a quick google & see what I get.   KB

 

[kerrybee]

http://www.nycpolicemuseum.org/html/faq.html#begin

One terrific site :  scroll down the page and you'll see a reference to the symbols in the shields on their unifoms which sound a lot like those on your buckle, and it indicates a date of 1973.  

But if the buckle were mine, I would take pics, and e-mail them to that museum site.  It seems to be "citizen friendly."

I also did NOT see any NYPD belt buckles for auction on e-bay.  The NYPD is a very revered organization.  'Specially since 9/11.  Good luck.    KB