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
