1888 Met Police whistle ( Comercial St )

[Monty]

At the bottom, near the mouthpiece.

Monty

[moonbegger]

Excellent Moonbegger,

The address indicates a late 1888 - 1909 make. Can I ask, is there a serial number on it?

Monty

Hello Monty , I cannot find a serial number .. where would it sit ?

[Monty]

Excellent Moonbegger,

The address indicates a late 1888 - 1909 make. Can I ask, is there a serial number on it?

Monty

[moonbegger]

Hello fellow Ripper Historians . On a recent jaunt into Whitechapel I was fortunate enough to stumble upon this fine artifact , A friend of mine who has an antique stool in Spitalfields antique market had just that morning been given an old box listed as local artifacts , containing plates , cutlery and various other pieces . Sitting in the bottom was this old chestnut .. an 1888, 13 Bar street manufactured, metropolitan Police whistle . I was meeting Ed Stow in the Ten Bells , and after checking it out on line , he confirmed it as the real deal . Now I am not alleging that this whistle and its haunting tone , was at one time in hot pursuit of Jack the Ripper , but given its local provenance and its historically accurate date , I cannot tell you that it was not .