FIVE PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEONS
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more A COLLECTION OF POLICE TRUNCHEONS The following lots are from the collection of the late E.R.H.Dicken author of The History of Truncheons. Most of the truncheons are illustrated and discussed in the book and reference is made in the footnote giving the relevant page and plate Number.
FIVE PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEONS

19TH CENTURY

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FIVE PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEONS
19TH CENTURY
Comprising a truncheon painted with a crowned GR cypher and inscribed 'HORTON No 9'
18¼in. (46.5cm.)
A Victorian truncheon painted with a town arms, another pre 1800 painted with the Royal Arms, the Arms of the City of London and inscribed 'Fifeld Efsex', another plain but for the arms of the City of London by Parker of Holborn, and a Victorian truncheon inscribed 'Wimbledon S.P.' (5)
Literature
The History of truncheons: The Fifield of Essex truncheon illustrated pl 18, No.1; The Wimbledon truncheon illustrated pl.25. No.1
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