City of London Policemen 1891

[Paddy]

Here is the clearest hat blown up...It doesnt look like a city badge.
see below.....Pat

[Joshua Rogan]

Looks like a Met helmet to me...

[The Station Cat]

Top Badge is for the City of London.

Bottom is for the Metropolitan Police.

[The Station Cat]

Left side City of London Police Helmet (note the crest).

Right side Metropolitan Police (note no crest).

[Monty]

It's not City of London Police.

I have this photo hanging up in my home. The guy who sold it to me specialises in archive photos of the police.

Monty

[Monty]

Ps. The photo shown here is not in full.

Monty

[Pcdunn]

I thought it might be a cape. The PC 2nd from right seems to have something similar hanging behind his left arm, perhaps tucked into his belt?

Good call, Joshua, I thought both of those items looked like cloth, so capes would make sense.

[Paddy]

I have this photo hanging up in my home. The guy who sold it to me specialises in archive photos of the police.

I thought I was buying a photo from ebay, it turned up on a disc.
Looks like he copied it from online...Bit naughty, still I only got it to put on here.....

Pat........

[jmenges]

Looks like he copied it from online...

Your cropped photo does turn up on this North Yorkshire Police Federation website.

http://www.nypolfed.org.uk/about-the...ation-history/

JM

[Pcdunn]

Very interesting information about working conditions and pay at the Police Federation website. No wonder it was easy to bribe a policeman in the old days.