Public Safety Oak Tree Patch — Order This River Badge Design
Design S1694A at a glance
A navy badge-cut patch with a gold merrowed edge, showing an oak tree standing beside a river in green, brown and gold. Lettering carries the department name, a public safety line, a police line and a founding year. The landscape scene gives the badge a calm, civic feel, and every line restitches to your own agency.
Badge shapeGold merrowed borderOak treeRiverPublic safety line4 thread colors
About this public safety oak and river badge design
Public safety departments often cover more than patrol, and their patches tend to look more like town seals than combat insignia. An oak beside a river is exactly that kind of image: rooted, local and calm. Green and brown give the tree a natural look against the navy field, and the gold border and lettering keep it official enough for a sworn agency.
Order it with your department name and founding year, keep both service lines or trim to one, or redraw the river to match the waterway your town grew up on. 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.
Public safety oak tree patch quick facts
- Embroidered public safety oak 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.
- Departments that combine police and fire services often carry both service lines on one patch.
- Landscape scenes like an oak by a river need about 4" of height to keep the water distinct.
- Navy and gold is a traditional field-and-border pairing for municipal patches.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this public safety patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on for officer shirts, hook-side velcro for vests, iron-on for caps and polos
- Sizes: 2"–12" — 4"–4.5" tall for officer sleeves; 8"–10" for jacket backs
- Colorways: navy, gold, green and brown as shown, black and gold, or a subdued OD version
- Border: gold merrowed (shown), or navy merrowed for a quieter edge
- Thread: metallic gold available for the border and the lettering lines
- Artwork: the oak and river redraw to your own landmark tree or waterway at no additional art charge
Who orders this design
Public safety departments, combined police-fire agencies and small municipal police forces order this oak-and-river badge. Departments in river towns like the landscape scene. Agencies marking a founding anniversary often order a dress version.
Custom public safety 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.
Public safety oak tree patch questions
Can we keep only one service line?
Yes. If your department is police-only or public-safety-only, we drop the other line and rebalance the lettering on your proof.
Can the river match ours?
Yes. Send a map or photo and we redraw the bend of your river beside the oak, at no art charge.
Can the founding year change?
Yes. The year line restitches to any date, or to an anniversary span for a commemorative run.
What size reads well on an officer shirt?
Four to four and a half inches tall keeps the tree, river and all lettering lines legible on a sleeve.
Can I preview other colorways?
Yes. The markup tool on this page shows black-and-gold and subdued versions, and you can pin notes on any element before quoting.
Looking at other municipal and public safety designs?
An oak by a river suits a civic-minded department. The police and public safety designs beyond this oak-by-the-river badge include patrol shields, K9 badges and specialty stars. For embroidered versus woven or PVC with backing and pricing, the patch guide pricing a navy oak-and-river badge for officers compares every build.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.