NYC HEALTH Badge Marker SEAL 1900's hospital CITIVAS 1664 ANTIQUE VTG Rare wow!

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This is INCREDIBLE PIECE OF HISTORY!! I PURCHASED AT AN UPSTATE NY ESTATE SALE...WHERE THE PERSON HAD A 4 GENERATIONAL HOME...I AM NOT SURE OF THE YEAR OR THE WHAT HEALTH FACILITY IT WAS USED AT....I WAS TOLD THE FAMILY DID WORK IN NYC HEALTH ....GOING BACK...I AM ALSO GETTING SOME EARLY NURSING OUTFITS AS WELL :-) WILL BE LISTING SHORTLY AND SEPARATELY...THIS MARKER WAS MADE BY N.STRAFFORD COMPANY AND FOR SURE KNOW THEIR ADDRESS WAS 68 FULTON ST IN THE YEAR 1900...SO IT DEFINITELY HAS CROSS COLLECTIVITY....I WISH IT COULD TELL ME WHAT FORD T OR OTHER VEHICLE CREATED THE DEEP BEND IN THE SOLID IRON POST THE BADGE IN ON...... I LEFT IT AS FOUND HOWEVER I SCRATCHED THE BACK TO REVEIL A SHINY COPPER COLOR...SO ASSUMING ITS COPPER BUT NOT SURE..THE PIECE IS HEAVY 4. 67 LBS ...I LEFT THE ORGINAL PATINA...THIS IS LARGE MEASURING 15.5" LONG...THE BADGE ACROSS MEASURES 7"...X 8 2/16 OF AN INCH AND THE SEAL ITSELF MEASURES 3.5 TALL BY 3 1/4" DIAMETER....THIS IS SUCH A RARE FIND! I FOUND OUT THAT THE VALUE VARIES AND THE 1664 IS THE DATE HIGHLY WANTED!....I HOPE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFO YOU WISH TO ADD YOU REACH OUT AND LET ME KNOW! THIS PIECE DRAWS ME TO IT! ...HOPE IT DRAWS YOU AS WELL! BACK IN MARCH THE CUOMO GUY WAS THINKING OF CHANGING THE SEAL BECAUSE OF THE INDIANS DRESSINGS....SO REDICULOUS....BUT SURE THIS WILL ONLY GAIN IN VALUE!...KNOW IT WAS DEFINITELY MADE PRE 1902....ALL ORIGINAL....THE ADVERTISEMENT IS THE COMPANY STAMPED ON THE BACK   WHICH HELPED ME DATE IT! ....ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK SELLING AS FOUND!