horseback leader said:I am thinking police too. NS Meyer, a New York company, would have a fair amount of 1-star NYPD Chief's in the police department to warrant manufacture their high quality Should-r-form insignia in the form of stars in gold metal. Makes total sense.
If the US Army had them made for anyone, I imagine they'd have been made for General John Pershing, who, in 1919, was Promoted by the President of the US (authorized by US Congress) to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, a rank created for him, outranking any that came before, (or since, until US President Gerald Ford bestowed the same rank upon General George Washington, posthumously). Pershing chose to wear four gold stars (instead of silver) thereafter for the remainder of his career.
I sure hope we aren't thinking these are stars actually worn by good old Blackjack Pershing himself...
Dan