City of London Policemen 1891

[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.

[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-north-yorkshire-police-federation/federation-history/

JM

[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........

[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.

[Monty]

Ps. The photo shown here is not in full.

Monty

[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

[The Station Cat]

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

Right side Metropolitan Police (note no crest).

[The Station Cat]

Top Badge is for the City of London.

Bottom is for the Metropolitan Police.

[Joshua Rogan]

Looks like a Met helmet to me...

[Paddy]

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

[Paddy]

Are they City or Met?
I would say they are Met. But I'm basing this purely on the shape of the helmets.

Yes I agree. I will blow an image up in a minute of the hat

I meant to post last night but I actually got totally side tracked looking at all the images and then ventured off to looking at mug-shots from Australia and America (as you do)

Pat....

[MrBarnett]

I would say they are Met. But I'm basing this purely on the shape of the helmets.

And the badge?

[The Station Cat]

Are they City or Met?

I would say they are Met. But I'm basing this purely on the shape of the helmets.

[MrBarnett]

Are they City or Met?

[Robert]

It looks very informal - no lining up in rows. Could it have been impromptu?