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A VICTORIAN MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY COMPANY TRUNCHEON
Painted with a pair of crowned shields, numbered '20' impressed 'MANCHr & LEEDS RAILWAY Co'
16½in. (42cm.)
Painted with a pair of crowned shields, numbered '20' impressed 'MANCHr & LEEDS RAILWAY Co'
16½in. (42cm.)
Literature
The History of Truncheons: Illustrated pl.10, No.5. The author describes this as a rare specimen. The line was opened by degrees from 1839 and amalgamated 1847.
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