Carving a badge

My cousin in retiring from the Iowa DCI at the end of 2024 (30 years of service) and I would like to make him a wall badge for a retirement gift. I have been trying to do an image trace from a photo of his badge. I cannot get the lines crisp enough for some reason. May be that the picture of the badge isn’t quite clear enough? When finished, I would like the badge to be around 13" tall. Thanks in advance for your help!

My strong recommendation is:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DisplayVETS?ref=l2-about-shopname&listing_id=1528356780

He has a large number of models already prepared and will create custom versions. I have used his models for several carves. I cnc the badge and then laser the lettering.

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George,
Thank you for your response. I have contacted him and working on getting the file. I have a laser as well, but not sure I am technically savvy enough to combine the two. I will play around with it and see what I can do.

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