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Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 07-05-16, 08:01 PM

Replies: 26 Victorian prison buttons Views: 5,244 Posted By Jamesb853 Prison buttons A button for Stafford prison almost certainly exists somewhere but I have not seen one. All the named local prison buttons were issued before 1878 when their management was transferred from the local...

Forum: Other Militaria 10-08-14, 10:27 PM

Replies: 1 British Forces in Upper Silesia 1922 Views: 1,180 Posted By Jamesb853 British Forces in Upper Silesia 1922 Attached is a scan of an interesting piece of "trench art": a cigarette lighter with a commemorative inscription "In memory of Upper Silesia 1922" and an engraving of a coal mining scene. The story...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 01-08-14, 06:11 PM

Replies: 2 High Court Tipstaff's badge and button Views: 1,396 Posted By Jamesb853 Hi Bantam, Yes, they did before 1875, when... Hi Bantam, Yes, they did before 1875, when the higher courts were radically reformed, and the 3 old Common Law Courts were amalgamated into the new High Court. Thereafter the Tipstaff was...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 01-08-14, 09:31 AM

Replies: 2 High Court Tipstaff's badge and button Views: 1,396 Posted By Jamesb853 High Court Tipstaff's badge and button Attached are scans of a badge and button worn by the Tipstaff to the High Court of Justice, which I hope will be of some interest. The Tipstaff is effectively the Court's constable, and is the only...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 29-07-14, 11:54 PM

Replies: 0 Judge's cut steel court dress button Views: 858 Posted By Jamesb853 Judge's cut steel court dress button Following the most interesting thread about Victorian prison buttons, which highlighted how the local prisons were inextricably tied up with the court structure of those days, I thought it might be...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 29-07-14, 10:09 AM

Replies: 2 Unknown prison buttons Views: 1,343 Posted By Jamesb853 Unknown prison buttons Attached are scans of two prison buttons in my possession, with apologies for the poor quality, but these are the best scans I could get. Descriptions as follows: 1. White metal, Kings Crown,...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 25-07-14, 05:39 PM

Replies: 26 Victorian prison buttons Views: 5,244 Posted By Jamesb853 A very informative article indeed. In some cases... A very informative article indeed. In some cases Special Constables were drafted in as javelin men, especially where the regular force was small. The Assizes (and to a lesser extent Quarter Sessions)...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 25-07-14, 12:27 AM

Replies: 26 Victorian prison buttons Views: 5,244 Posted By Jamesb853 Looking again at the Kent Javelin Men button, the... Looking again at the Kent Javelin Men button, the Crown doesn't seem Victorian and I conjecture that it may be somewhat earlier. The provision of javelin men at Assizes was originally the...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 23-07-14, 10:46 PM

Replies: 20 Prison Warders uniform issue document (V.R) Views: 4,264 Posted By Jamesb853 I notice from re-reading the document that the... I notice from re-reading the document that the tunic description refers to a "staff pocket, left skirt". Presumably that was for a small tipstaff. The "Inspector HM Prisons" tipstaff referred to...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 23-07-14, 09:49 AM

Replies: 93 Prison cap badges. Views: 17,780 Posted By Jamesb853 Hi Bantam, did you get a private message from me... Hi Bantam, did you get a private message from me in reply to yours?

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 23-07-14, 09:46 AM

Replies: 26 Victorian prison buttons Views: 5,244 Posted By Jamesb853 Thanks Dave, was having difficulty confirming... Thanks Dave, was having difficulty confirming whether messages I sent were actually being sent!

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 23-07-14, 09:45 AM

Replies: 5 HELP! Unkown badge for ID Views: 1,366 Posted By Jamesb853 Definitely Laker Airways. I have the same badge -... Definitely Laker Airways. I have the same badge - they were sold off when Laker went bankrupt in 1982.

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 23-07-14, 12:10 AM

Replies: 0 Supreme Court British Guiana button Views: 839 Posted By Jamesb853 Supreme Court British Guiana button I acquired this button some years ago. It is KC Supreme Court British Guiana. What amazes me is why such a backward and unimportant colony would even need a Supreme Court. I imagine you would have to...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 11:57 PM

Replies: 4 Victorian Prison token Views: 1,123 Posted By Jamesb853 Whatever it is, its in such poor condition it is... Whatever it is, its in such poor condition it is almost indecipherable. Might be worth 50p or so.

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 11:53 PM

Replies: 9 A Victorian prison tipstaff? Views: 1,952 Posted By Jamesb853 This is a fine example: mine (like most items in... This is a fine example: mine (like most items in my collection) is pretty ropey and I can't find an attribution. Would any prison have had 174 officers in those days? If not, who would?

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 11:50 PM

Replies: 26 Victorian prison buttons Views: 5,244 Posted By Jamesb853 Dave, did you get a private message from me, in... Dave, did you get a private message from me, in reply to your last?

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 10:22 PM

Replies: 9 A Victorian prison tipstaff? Views: 1,952 Posted By Jamesb853 Hi Bantam, it may be the same tipstaff but there... Hi Bantam, it may be the same tipstaff but there is an Inspector HM Prisons for sale at JC Militaria. If you want it however, it will cost £950 (postage included(!))

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 07:39 PM

Replies: 26 Victorian prison buttons Views: 5,244 Posted By Jamesb853 I am not sure myself about cap badges. There is... I am not sure myself about cap badges. There is documentary evidence (see elsewhere on the forum) that the cap badge for local prisons in England and Wales in 1869 was a crown. There are few...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 01:29 PM

Replies: 7 Judge's livery buttons Views: 1,278 Posted By Jamesb853 No. 1 is silver plated brass. No. 1 is silver plated brass.

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 10:05 AM

Replies: 7 Judge's livery buttons Views: 1,278 Posted By Jamesb853 Thank you for your responses. Here are the... Thank you for your responses. Here are the buttons: 1. Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1844-1866. The plain section at the top left of the shield represents a...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 09:34 AM

Replies: 5 Windsor Borough Police cap badge Views: 1,172 Posted By Jamesb853 Hi Graham, the lettering is medieval Latin,... Hi Graham, the lettering is medieval Latin, sometimes called "Lombardic" script. The castle was built shortly after the Norman conquest, commencing c1068, when the town got its seal, reproduced on...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 22-07-14, 01:29 AM

Replies: 7 Judge's livery buttons Views: 1,278 Posted By Jamesb853 Judge's livery buttons I am not sure if this is going off the subject, but would anything like to se some livery buttons worn by court officials appointed by senior judges? Until 1875 the most senior judges appointed their...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 21-07-14, 10:22 PM

Replies: 5 Windsor Borough Police cap badge Views: 1,172 Posted By Jamesb853 You may well be right - quite a few of those... You may well be right - quite a few of those small boroughs had only a few regulars, but a large contingent of Specials. Windsor of course had a lot of Royal events to police, so the SC's would have...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 21-07-14, 09:45 PM

Replies: 5 Windsor Borough Police cap badge Views: 1,172 Posted By Jamesb853 Windsor Borough Police cap badge Here is a scan of a Windsor Borough Police cap with badge, in a pending auction catalogue. The cap has an excellent provenance, having been given to the vendor by the widow of a former WBP officer in...

Forum: Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc. 21-07-14, 09:09 PM

Replies: 20 Prison Warders uniform issue document (V.R) Views: 4,264 Posted By Jamesb853 I have been doing some research into the relevant... I have been doing some research into the relevant legal structure of that time which has proved most enlightening. Every County, Riding, Division or Liberty had to maintain a prison. Boroughs...

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