Here's something New York City police officers can cross off their birthday lists - an NYPD T-shirt.

That and the mugs, pins, hats, jewelry, pens and endless curios that bear the famous blue and yellow shield-shaped logo have been banned from use by any NYPD officer under a January 19 order issued by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

The department-wide order prevents New York's finest from using the shield on anything other than their official uniforms, according to a copy obtained by and posted on the news website DNAinfo.com.

While tourists can head home with bagfuls of the NYPD tchotchkes that fill souvenir shops citywide, the goodies are now off-limits to actual police officers.

"Many private citizens proudly wear NYPD apparel - and police officers can't? It makes no sense," said Patrick Lynch, the president of the police union the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, in a statement on Tuesday.