Keystone Police Patch — Order This Crossed Axes Field Design
Design S0642A at a glance
A keystone-cut patch in flat coyote and tan — the two-tone minimum — with crossed axes behind a single bold letter. The keystone silhouette carries civic weight on its own, the axes read as field operations, and the letter resets to your department's initial. Department and field-ops lines restitch to your wording.
Keystone shapeMerrowed borderCrossed axes emblemBold letter centerDepartment name lineField ops designation
About this crossed axes keystone design
Keystones hold arches together, and departments that pick the shape are borrowing exactly that meaning — the unit as the load-bearing piece. In flat coyote-and-tan the patch disappears onto issued field kit, while the crossed axes keep a breach-and-clear read that pure text patches cannot deliver.
Order it with your initial and wording, or warm the contrast — black axes on coyote is the most-requested step up where full subdued is not required. 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.
Keystone police patch quick facts
- Embroidered keystone police 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.
- Keystone cuts are traditional civic insignia shapes and carry no custom-die fee.
- Coyote-and-tan is the matched palette for issued field equipment and plate carriers.
- Keystone patches run 3" to 4" tall for shoulders and carrier placards.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this keystone: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: sew-on, iron-on or hook-side velcro — matched to duty shirts, patrol jackets and tactical carriers
- Sizes: 2"–12" — 3"–4" covers shoulders and placards
- Colorways: as shown, or OD green, wolf gray or full blackout schemes — preview each in the markup tool
- Border: merrowed following the keystone cut (shown)
- Thread: any colorway, including metallic accents on the crossed axes
- Artwork: the letter and axes reset to your department's initial and tool loadout at no added charge
Who orders this design
Field-operations and rural patrol divisions order this keystone for carriers and uniform shoulders where issued kit runs coyote. Departments in keystone-tradition regions pick the shape for its civic echo — the silhouette reads as local authority before the stitching does.
Custom keystone 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.
Keystone police patch questions
Can our own emblem replace the crossed axes on this patch?
Yes. Send a photo, a scan of an existing patch, or a PDF and we redraw it stitch-ready at no art charge. Your proof shows the redrawn art before anything is produced.
What colors can this keystone police patch be ordered in?
Any thread palette. Beyond the colorway shown, this art runs well in OD green, wolf gray or full blackout schemes — preview each version in the markup tool and your quote references the one you picked.
Is two-color stitching cheaper than full color?
Pricing follows size and quantity, not thread count — so the two-tone keystone prices the same as a full-color patch of equal size.
Can the lettering carry our department's own wording?
Yes. Department and field-ops lines are separate fields. Every text field restitches to your exact wording — name, unit number, or a motto.
How do I request changes to this design?
Use the "mark up this design" tool in the quote form: circle elements, pin numbered notes, switch colorways, and place your own emblem on the patch. Your marked-up version attaches to the quote automatically.
Cutting a different arch?
Shape-cut insignia makes its own argument — the police patch terrain beyond this crossed axes keystone includes shields, rounds and seals. To settle construction questions, open the patch atlas that maps the keystone cut across every build and tier.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.