Trench or police whistle?

[funkeegirl81]

My father has a whistle with regp bukta B2 stamped on the barrel at the top of the whistle has patent 5727-08 attached is a leather wrist strap. I’m trying to research it but just coming to a dead end. I’m thinking it a police whistle but not seen any with these markings on. Any ideas?

On another note i have one with C.W.S stamped on it any ideas what that stands for?

Thanks 😊

[leigh kitchen]

I don't know the answer to your question but I'd never heard of Bukta so googled it:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukta

And CWS - the Co-Op?

[funkeegirl81]

Ahhh could be Cooperative Wholesale Society, is that a homeguards whistle?

That’s really interesting re bukta has thrown me a bit now... sports clothing?

Got a not very good photo of it.

[gpag2]

the whistle is stamped REGD (registered design) BUKTA - Pretty sure it is made by Alfred de Courcy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_De_Courcy

Body stamps
De Courcy did not stamp whistles with his company name prior to 1906 but prior to this year supplied many orders to railway, Police, Army, Navy, Asylums, Fire Brigades, sporting goods companies, arm distributors and hardware stores as well as for other makers as W Dowler & Sons and B Lily & Sons. Many of his whistles prior to 1906 are easily identified by shape, construction and characteristic designs.

While his business and reputation grew he first stamped whistles A De Coursy & Co. Frankfort Street Birmingham in 1906.

It would be beyond the scope of this page to list all while some are still being discovered by collectors, here are some samples:

Stamped on GSWs:

Edinburg Police, Liverpool city police (Also marked with a crest at back), Leeds Police, Walsall Police, Westmorland Constabulary, W.R.C., Derby Borough Police, Lancashire County Constabulary
GPO General Post Office)
The City Patent Whistle
The City Police
The City Police or Fire Whistle
Boy Scouts whistles (GSW Type) The Scout, Girl Guide, The Boy Scouts, Bukta

Regards
Gary

[funkeegirl81]

Originally Posted by gpag2

the whistle is stamped REGD (registered design) BUKTA - Pretty sure it is made by Alfred de Courcy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_De_Courcy

Body stamps
De Courcy did not stamp whistles with his company name prior to 1906 but prior to this year supplied many orders to railway, Police, Army, Navy, Asylums, Fire Brigades, sporting goods companies, arm distributors and hardware stores as well as for other makers as W Dowler & Sons and B Lily & Sons. Many of his whistles prior to 1906 are easily identified by shape, construction and characteristic designs.

While his business and reputation grew he first stamped whistles A De Coursy & Co. Frankfort Street Birmingham in 1906.

It would be beyond the scope of this page to list all while some are still being discovered by collectors, here are some samples:

Stamped on GSWs:

Edinburg Police, Liverpool city police (Also marked with a crest at back), Leeds Police, Walsall Police, Westmorland Constabulary, W.R.C., Derby Borough Police, Lancashire County Constabulary
GPO General Post Office)
The City Patent Whistle
The City Police
The City Police or Fire Whistle
Boy Scouts whistles (GSW Type) The Scout, Girl Guide, The Boy Scouts, Bukta

Regards
Gary

Ahhh its a D not a P i need my eyes testing. thank you so much for taking the time to reply. So this is before 1906? So being stamped Bukta would this be a boys scouts whistle? I didn’t even think of that i just thought it was military or police.

[gpag2]

Yep - I read it as a scout whistle

[gpag2]

Originally Posted by funkeegirl81

Ahhh its a D not a P i need my eyes testing. thank you so much for taking the time to reply. So this is before 1906? So being stamped Bukta would this be a boys scouts whistle? I didn’t even think of that i just thought it was military or police.

Nice item - pre 1906

[gpag2]

Google search came up with: THE INTIALS C.W.S. STAND FOR THE CO-OP WHOLESALE SOCIETY - THEY SET UP THEIR OWN AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS IN WW2, AND THESE WERE ISSUED TO THEIR WARDENS

Regards
Gary

[funkeegirl81]

Originally Posted by gpag2

Google search came up with: THE INTIALS C.W.S. STAND FOR THE CO-OP WHOLESALE SOCIETY - THEY SET UP THEIR OWN AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS IN WW2, AND THESE WERE ISSUED TO THEIR WARDENS

Regards
Gary

That’s really interesting air raid warden. saw the arrow and automatically went to military. But was thrown by c.W.s thank you 😊