...I took this one - it is unmarked - to the Arms and Armour Society meeting last week. Frederick Wilkinson had a look - his book Those Entrusted with Arms: A History of the Police, Post, Customs and Private Use of Weapons in Britain is excellent. We were discussing the fact that the design dates back to the early 1800's yet was still being produced well into the second half of the century.
I think it has less to do with Naval and Military swords and more with civilian hangers - part of a concious attempt to present early Police forces as civilian entities?
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