Truncheon. A Victorian style turned wood truncheon, painted for Kennet & Avon Canal Company (Kintbury Lock) with VR and crown cypher on a black ground, 45.5cm long (Qty: 1) Please note that although this truncheon appears to look Victorian, the general consensus is that it is not of the period. During the early part of the 19th century and before the network of railways had taken over, canals played a very important part in the transportation of goods from one part of the country to another. There were - as with so many organisations of those days - many companies involved in the running of canals and a number of these appointed their own constables, The Policeman's Lot by Mervyn Mitton, page 50 refers
Truncheon. A Victorian style turned wood truncheon, painted for Kennet & Avon Canal Company (Kintbury Lock) with VR and crown cypher on a black ground, 45.5cm long (Qty: 1) Please note that although this truncheon appears to look Victorian, the general consensus is that it is not of the period. During the early part of the 19th century and before the network of railways had taken over, canals played a very important part in the transportation of goods from one part of the country to another. There were - as with so many organisations of those days - many companies involved in the running of canals and a number of these appointed their own constables, The Policeman's Lot by Mervyn Mitton, page 50 refers
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