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1 1/2" (4 cm.) The 14-carat gold Police Chief badge of Shirley Temple was custom made for her and centered by a .43 carat diamond of fine old European cut. Mid-1930s. Excellent condition. The exclusive badge was a gift to her from Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, who was himself a collector and connoisseur of fine diamonds. Shirley Temple wrote of this gift in her 1988 autobiography, Child Star. "To him, diamonds were endowed with powers unrelated to monetary value. Perhaps that is why he gave me a gold-plated chief's badge for my police force. In the center was mounted his talisman, a small diamond".