Our Finishes

STANDARD FINISHES


NICKEL: A traditional silver finish with a golden yellow cast. Applied over a highly polished brass metal, it has a high degree of hardness for long wear. Nickel plate will sometimes lose some of its luster with age.

RHODIUM: A brilliant silver finish with a blue white cast. This semi-precious metal finish is applied over a bright, nickel-plated base and is tarnish resistant. It will not discolor.

GOLD: A rich, 24K gold electroplated finish. A heavy gold deposit over a bright nickel base insures long wear.

BLACK: A subdued black matte finish for tactical wear.  Priced the same as gold finish.

DELUXE FINISHES


FREE with any deluxe-finish badge, you get a multi-color cloisonné enamel seal of your choice and hard baked enamel lettering.  
Choose any of the deluxe finishes below. 


SIL-RAY: A bright, deep toned silver with a special baked coating for durability and long wear.

GOL-RAY: A bright, deep toned gold with a special baked coating for durability and long wear.

TWO-TONE: A combination of silver and gold colors. Badges may have Silver Background with Gold Panels (NG) or Gold Background with Silver Panels (GN). These finishes are available on all badges.

COTE D'OR GOLD: Extra heavy 24K gold electroplate. Has an extremely hard finish and will not tarnish or discolor.

(Sil-Ray, Gol-Ray and Two-Tone badges are specially coated. This crystal-clear coating is UV and abrasion resistant)

 
Our Lettering Enamel Options

STANDARD lettering is filled with a choice of black, blue, red or green enamel color, leveled and air cured.

HARD FIRED lettering is filled with enamel, baked to a hard finish, and ground until flush with the surface of the badge.

 

Our Warranty
All our badges are fully guaranteed against manufacturer defect. Badge finish and attachment are warranted for LIFE.  Only Smith & Warren offers this simple and complete warranty.

 

Production
Smith & Warren offers the fastest standard production time in the industry.  Our goal is to ship your badge within three weeks of being received at the USA manufacturing point.  In other words, typically your order will ship within 3 weeks and you will need to allow for shipping time.  But before your order ships, it must go through a rigorous quality control inspection.  Our quality control inspectors may find the badge is not up to our high standards, which may slightly delay the badge.  Orders requiring custom die production such as seals, panels or the badges themselves are not considered as a standard production.  Therefore, additional time to produce custom dies is required.

 

Order Status
Once we have placed your order with the factory, we cannot obtain a status of the order.  Smith & Warren will not track down an order within the factory to provide you with a stage status.  Once your badge is shipped direct to you, AFI will receive notice of that shipment only at the end of the week it has shipped.  Often, you already have it in your hands by the time AFI is notified of the shipment.  We understand that you are excited about receiving your new badge but the only thing we would be able to tell you is that the order is in production.

 

Cancellations & Changes to existing orders
Our badges and insignia are custom-made for each order.  The custom nature of the products and our commitment to a 3 week production schedule means that Smith & Warren cannot accept any changes or cancellations once they are received.

 

Our Pricing
Our prices on badges are shown on each badge that you design on VisualBadge.  Items not included on VisualBadge are priced on the catalog page below the page graphic.  The below chart is for extra options that you may require that are not options listed on the VisualBadge design template.

 

Our Quantity Discounts
1-15 badges, retail price.  16-39 badges, -5%.   40-59 badges, -10%   60-99 badges, -15%  100-over, 20%
Bids:  call or e mail badgesource.com

 

 

 

Our Options for Standard Badges  

Center Seals:

P seal, plain w/o enamel Standard, no extra charge
E seal, plain center w/blue enamel ring 3.50
A seal, plain one-color enamel 3.50
M seal, multi-color cloisonné enamel 5.00*
  *FREE with Cote D'Or, Two-tone, Sil-Ray or Gol-Ray orders!
Custom seals (No die charge with 25+ badges on first order) 5.00
Die charges for custom seals Call for quote

Letter enameling & font options:

Regular enamel (aka "soft" enamel, air dried) Standard, no extra charge
Hard enamel lettering (hard fired) 10.00*
  *FREE with Cote D'Or, Two-tone, Sil-Ray or Gol-Ray finish badges!
Block or Roman Font Your choice, no extra charge
Lettering on the front of your custom badge Standard, no extra charge

Attachments:

Pin & safety catch (Shirt, belt clip holder or neck holder application) No charge
Wallet clip (Wallet or ID case application) No charge
Post & clutch (Collar application) No charge
Screw & post (Hat application) No charge
Glue-in (No attachment, glued into wallet/ID case) No charge
Lugs 2.50
Money clip 4.00
Pin & safety catch on nameplates & collar insignia 2.00
Magnetic attachment on nameplates 2.00
Cradle pin (replacement pin for lug back) 2.00 each
Loop ring (typical for K9 collar use) 3.00
K9 Tag (Badge soldered to rabies-like tag, badge additional) 10.00
Better back (improved clutch style backs for nameplates/collar brass) 1.00
Replacement clutches  (example for nameplates) 0.10 each
Replacement nuts (hat badges) 0.20 each

Add-ons & Alterations:

Engraving on back of badge ( there is NO CHARGE for normal lettering on the front) 1.20 per letter
Soldered numbers in center-up to 3 numbers  (in place of seal) 6.00
Soldered numbers on a disc 11.00
Soldered numbers with enamel background 12.00
Stars soldered (same plating) 3.00 each
Stars soldered (contrast plating) 6.00 each
Stamped center disc 10.00
Numbers on semi-stock badges 6.00
Extra tab 4.00
Extra panel/banner 7.00
Two lines of text on one panel 7.00
Enamel panel (if available) 7.00
Enamel-filled badge background 10.00
Eagle or Beaver (added) 8.00
Trim Eagle off badge 3.00
Center seal plated differently 6.00
Solid back (when applicable) 10.00
C510 or C510L tie bars added to badge or collar brass 5.00
E4001 or C511T tie bars added to badge or collar brass 14.00

Miscellaneous:

Engraved panel only, no badge 14.00
Gold Filled Call for quote
Custom badge dies Call for quote
Black subdued finish  -  NEW Priced as a gold finish badge

 

 

 

SHIPPING:  Prices do not include shipping.  
Shipping charged at typical UPS or USPS rates.  We normally use USPS Priority Mail with Delivery confirmation.  
Please add $6.00 for 1 to 3 badges, $8.00 for 4 to 6 badges, $9.00 for 7 to 10 badges.

 

 

 

 

Your Visa and Mastercard are gladly accepted.  Please call for Visa/MC orders

 

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