- Title:
- Police truncheon
- Object name(s):
- Truncheon
- Brief description:
- Wooden truncheon, black, red, and gold motif above ribbed hand grip. inscription reads 'Hackney 124B'. paintwork slightly chipped. This object is currently on display in the permanent gallery space alongside a police rattle for which there is the accompanying text: Police Rattle The Metropolitan Police Force was formed in 1829. In 1848 a large number of police were recruited to control the Chartist riots. This police rattle was issued to Mr F Richards of Hackney for the Chartist riots. The riots involved over a million people protesting about the Poor Laws, the police and factory conditions. 'Police Rattle
- Collection:
- Hackney Museum
- Associated date:
- 1880 = 1910
- Associated place:
- Hackney
- Inscription content:
- Hackney 124 B
- Object name:
- Truncheon
- Object number:
- 1995.223
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2de121b1-e333-3883-8da0-820ae93f3084
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2de121b1-e333-3883-8da0-820ae93f3084, Hackney Museum, CC BY-NC
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