Federated States of Micronesia

                          

NETT DISTRICT POLICE, POHNPEI STATE, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, SOUTH PACIFIC.  YOU WILL NOT SEE MANY PATCHES FROM NETT POLICE.  YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL FROM THE SCAN BUT THE BORDER AND WORDS AROUND THE SEAL ARE DONE IN PURPLE, THE 'OFFICIAL' COLOR OF NETT DISTRICT Rare Police patch from Micronesia of the South Pacific region.  The Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands ran from 1947 to 1991.  The Trust was actually terminated in 1986 but was "prolonged" until 1991

CURRENT STYLE PATCH WORN BY OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS AND TAX ADMINISTRATION, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, SOUTH PACIFIC.  THESE CUSTOMS OFFICERS ARE BASED IN ALL FOUR STATES OF FSM

A VERY OLD PATCH FROM WHAT WAS FORMERLY CALLED TRUK, NOW CALLED CHUUK AND ONE OF THE FOUR STATES OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.  THIS PATCH WAS WORN IN THE 1950'S WHEN THIS ISLAND GROUP WAS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES.  DIVERS MAY KNOW TRUK (CHUUK) AS IT IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR ITS SHIP WRECK DIVES.  MANY JAPANESE SHIPS WERE SUNK IN TRUK LAGOON IN WORLD WAR II

IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN ISSUED TO THE YAP STATE POLICE, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, SOUTH PACIFIC.  THIS NICE LOOKING PATCH HAS THE YAP STATE SEAL IN THE CENTER, IT  YAP IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF STONE MONEY

IT IS ONE ISSUE BACK, NO LONGER USED ON THE ISLAND STATE OF YAP, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, SOUTH PACIFIC.  IT WAS USED BY POLICE, FIRE, RESCUE AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS ALL PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUREAU