Featured in this lot is an Authentic Sheriff Pat Garrett Custom Coin Pin, circa 1880 to 1906. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona, Pat Garrett, Jarvis Garrett, John McNellis, Bobby McNellis, R.E.M. Western Relics collections. Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (1850-1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent best known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico. Prior to becoming a lawman, Garrett was a bartender at Beaver Smith’s saloon in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. It was at the saloon that Garrett met and often gambled with William Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid. Many badges were custom-made by local jewelers or metalworkers, often reflecting the specific needs and designs of the local law enforcement agencies. Two notable events that occurred in the Old West of 1836 include the Fort Parker, Texas massacre and the Battle of the Alamo. This custom coin pin features two British 1836 Silver William IV Fourpence (Groat) coins joined with silver beads between and reverse pinback. The coins display the bare head portrait bust of King William IV with the Latin inscription, "GULIELMUS IIII". Coin pin exhibits deep rich patina. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. Letters included are from John McNellis, Vice President of El Paso Saddlery Company. El Paso Saddlery had outlaws Black Jack Ketchum and John Wesley Hardin, as well as lawmen Bat Masterson and Pat Garrett as a clients. The letters trace ownership of the coin pin from Pat Garrett to Garrett's youngest son, Jarvis, who at one time worked for a subsidiary of El Paso Saddlery, R.E.M. Western Relics. Jarvis gave the pin, along with assorted other gaming items belonging to his father Pat, to McNellis who in turn gave them to the Tombstone Museum. Museum label, "COIN PIN belonged to PAT GARRETT Donated by John McNellis", museum code, "LO40". Coin pin measures .5"W x 1"L approximately, weight is U6.