A Collection of Carmarthen Borough Police items, originally belonging to the last Carmarthen Borough Sergeant, Emrys Thomas who was stationed at Cambrian Place Police Station with his wife. To include photograph of the Officer together with a Christmas card from Him, hardwood truncheon, Custodian type helmet with Carmarthen Castle helmet plate, flat cap with Carmarthen Borough Police, helmet badge, belt buckle and handcuffs. (7) Provenance, Emrys Thomas retired to live in Water Street Carmarthen and new owners in the property discovered the items in the attic of the house. (B.P. 21% + VAT)No obvious damage to the truncheon .
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Ephemera, a large collection of items to include maps, books (Trade Tokens, Highways & Byways in Wiltshire), scraps (mostly Victorian), advertising (Art Deco hand painted Attwells All-Wave Radio, Hovis, F.W. Woolworth and Co. Coronation souvenir booklet etc.), badges, truncheon (wooden undecorated), cabinet cards, cartes de visite, greetings cards, monograms, postcards, tickets, Ernest Ibbetson supplement print from The Boys Own Paper Lost And Found featuring Boy Scouts, Father Tuck's Painting Book, 1950s magazine advertisements (Puss'n Boots cat food, Lionel Trains, Cunard) etc. interesting assortment (gen gd) (qty)
Vintage Action Man Action Sailor Navy Attack, on a fair to good red hair painted head doll, Identity tag, life jacket, blinker light, signal flags, blue helmet with strap, blue ammo box, white cartridge belt, truncheon, lifebelt, outfit and accessories in very good to excellent original condition and a Scramble pilot on a good used black painted head doll, Identity tag, flight suit, life vest, 45 pistol, holster, belt, clip board with pad and pencil, scramble parachute pack, scramble crash helmet (yellowed-visor loose) face mask and hose.(2 items)
A VICTORIAN EBONISED POLICE TRUNCHEON AND A MINER’S LAMP (2)The truncheon with ‘VR’ cypher for Queen Victoria and gilt lettering reading ‘St Giles’s Hundd.’, 41 cm long; the miner’s polished brass and painted lamp incised to base ‘Newstead Colliery’, 24 cm high (excluding loop)St. Giles or (St. Giles’s) is an area east of Tottenham Court Road station, notorious prior to the mid-19th Century as a ‘rookery’ - a maze of slums, home to villains and misfits. After the police defeated a criminal gang in 1840 the area started to change, combined with the slum clearance bought by the development of New Oxford St. seven years later.
A 19th Century Walnut Life Preserver, with ring turned decoration to the articulated ball head and grip, 36cm; a 19th Century Irish Bog Oak Truncheon, carved with entwined bands of shamrock, with cord wrist strap, 30.5cm; a Victorian Police Rattle, carved from oak and numbered 337 (3)The life preserver has some damage to the leather casing of the rope adjoining the head to the haft.
A Victorian Walnut Truncheon, painted with crowned VR cypher over a cartouche indistinctly inscribed KINNINS ? BURGH, in colours and gilt, with a fluted grip and globular pommel, 38cm; an Early 20th Century Walnut Truncheon, transfer printed with a King's crown over GR cypher in colours, with fluted grip and leather wrist strap, 39cm (2)1 - Some wear to the paint, two small worm holes to the body and a fine split running through the handle. 2 - Minor bruising.
MAUCHLINE WARE ETC. A Mauchline ware page turner with a view of Norwich Cathedral (one end a.f.) & a Mauchline Ware tot glass case printed with a view of the entrance to Aberystwyth University. Also, a turned wooden cosh or truncheon. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of a private vendor. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.

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