Lone Star Deputy Sheriff Dan pin [Series II]

Five badges, a series?! What is wrong with the man, he's sheriff mad!

As far as I am aware, this, the next in a long line of authoritative adornments fastened to Lister's loungewear (the fifth tracked-down to date!) can only be found during Series II.

Remarkably, I was able to positively identify it using just a single frame from Parallel Universe. It seems as though this sparkly article replaces the original sheriff's badge from Series I, so, I can only presume that one was either lost, misplaced, or stolen by an underground network of sophisticated pin thieves. Those chrome-fingered bastards.

Said to be from the 1970s-80s, the toy-like design simply says "Deputy", "Sheriff", and finally, "Dan" evenly stacked atop the other. A lucky horseshoe motif can also be found emblazoned beneath the uppermost point. Speaking of which, this is the first of Lister's sheriff badges thus far that breaks the trend of six pointed stars, costume-to-costume.

According to this highly-informative Etsy listing, the pin may be connected to a series of 1980s children's books by Joseph Rosenbloom, and also makes a neat point of noting how the horseshoe motif is cleverly incorporated into the text. Still not sure who this "Dan" is. "... ny John-Jules", perhaps?

A maker's mark on the rear side, sandwiched between a safety pin clasp, reads "LONE ★ STAR - MADE IN ENGLAND" which I can only assume features on originals, and not necessarily recasts. The company was also known as Die Cast Machine Tools Ltd. when originally based in North London, producing toy guns, toy cars, toy trains, and toy militaria. I hear, the brand now operates out of Germany.

So, yeah. If when I find more sheriff badges, I'll be in touch... *whistles down the corridor*

Measures approximately 68mm across, and can be found on the jacket's upper-screen right front.