New York State Police 'BARN FIND" Reproduction Patch.
The story goes that an original FIRST ISSUED patch that pre-dates the currently worn design was found in a barn in the late 1980's. The patch was never worn on the uniform, or was it? Was the "barn find" a first issue design that was never adopted? Was it a patch that was only worn for a short time? Did George Chandler wear it? No one knows.
The New York State Police Academy had an event in the 1990's and they used a reproduction of that patch at the event. I do not know what was done at the event in reference to this patch.
Anyways, it's really cool. It's felt, and you need to have it.