University Police Oil Lamp Patch — Order This Open Book and Crossed Keys Oval
Design S1568A at a glance
A navy oval in a gold merrowed frame, centered on an open book with an oil lamp, with laurel and a pair of crossed keys. Three lettering lines name the institution’s police department, give its founding year and add a public safety office line in gold and maroon — the academic symbols carry the patch, and the keys signal custody of a campus.
Oval shapeGold merrowed borderOpen bookOil lampLaurelCrossed keys
About this open book, oil lamp and crossed keys university design
An oil lamp over an open book is the oldest shorthand for learning, and this oval puts it to work for the officers who protect a campus. Laurel adds an academic honor, and crossed keys stand for guardianship of the grounds and buildings. The maroon accent gives it a collegiate warmth that a straight navy-and-gold police palette usually lacks.
Order it as shown or adapt it: put your institution and department in the lettering, update the founding year, or swap maroon for your school’s own color. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order — your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after you order, and nothing is produced until you approve it.
University police oil lamp patch quick facts
- Embroidered university police oil lamp patches cost $3.00–$20.00 each depending on quantity, with a 10-patch minimum.
- Rush production takes 7–10 days and is available on every custom patch.
- Ovals 3" by 4" fit the standard sleeve placement on campus officer uniforms.
- Campus departments often swap one accent thread for a school color while keeping navy as the duty base.
- Open book and lamp emblems stay legible down to a 2.5" oval for polo and cap use.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this university police oval: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for uniform shirts, iron-on for polos and caps, hook-side velcro for bike-patrol vests
- Sizes: 2"–12" — 3"×4" for sleeves, 9"+ for jacket backs
- Colorways: navy, gold and maroon as shown, or your school colors on the accents — preview each in the markup tool
- Border: gold merrowed (shown), or maroon to echo the accent
- Thread: metallic gold available for the lamp and keys
- Artwork: the book and lamp can be replaced with your university seal, redrawn at no additional art charge
Who orders this design
University police departments, college public safety offices and academic medical-center security teams order this oval for officer uniforms, bike-patrol polos and dispatch staff. Schools with a lamp of learning in their seal tend to keep the emblem as drawn. Others hold the oval layout and drop their own crest into the center.
Custom university police patch pricing — embroidered
| Quantity | Price per patch |
|---|---|
| 10–19 | $20.00 |
| 20–29 | $14.00 |
| 30–49 | $11.00 |
| 50–74 | $6.50 |
| 75–99 | $6.00 |
| 100–249 | $5.50 |
| 250–499 | $3.00 |
Rush production in 7–10 days is available on all custom patches. Design your changes in the markup tool above, or get this patch quoted exactly as shown.
What your quote covers
- Your exact spec — quantity, size, backing, and colorway, priced to the piece
- A free digital mockup within 4 hours, before you commit to anything
- Rush production in 7–10 days whenever you need it
- No setup, digitizing, or art fees — the table price is the whole price
How ordering this patch works
Request a quote
Send this design (marked up or as-is) with your quantity. Quotes are answered 24/7 within 4 hours.
Approve your proof
Your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after ordering. Nothing is produced until you approve it.
We verify & produce
Law-enforcement orders are verified with your agency before production — standard practice since 1999.
Delivery confirmed
We confirm your shipping address by phone, then email tracking the day your patches ship.
🏛 Bidding for your department or agency? We answer bids, RFQs and purchase-order quotes — see how agency bids and RFQs work, or tick “This quote is for a bid” in the quote form.
University police oil lamp patch questions
Can the lettering name both our police department and public safety office?
Yes. The design already carries a department line and a public safety office line, and both restitch to your wording along with the founding year.
Can maroon be swapped for our school color?
Yes. Any accent thread changes at no cost. Preview it in the markup tool and your quote will reference that version.
Will the keys and lamp hold detail on a polo-size patch?
Down to about 2.5 inches tall, yes. Below that the proof simplifies the laurel so the book, lamp and keys stay crisp.
Can our university seal replace the book and lamp?
Yes. Send a PDF, photo or old patch and we redraw your seal inside the oval at no art charge.
How do we send you our changes?
Use the markup tool in the quote form to circle the lamp or keys, pin notes on each lettering line and try your school colors. Your marked-up oval attaches to the quote.
Need another campus design, or the full patch catalog?
This page covers one academic oval. For patrol, K9 and investigations layouts, the police patch designs beside this oil-lamp-and-open-book university oval show every shape departments order. Deciding between embroidered, woven and PVC for a campus force? The patch guide that prices a maroon-accented crossed-keys campus oval from ten pieces up explains every build and backing.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.