Metropolitan Collection (page 31)

Metropolitan Police helmet
A Metropolitan Police helmet

Metropolitan Police truncheon
A Metropolitan Police truncheon, decorated with gold and red painting

Metropolitan Police Duty Hints instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Duty Hints for Constables and Section Sergeants

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Metropolitan Police Glossary of Words instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Glossary of Words in Common Police Use

Metropolitan Police badge
A Metropolitan Police badge

Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals
A Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals, earned during both the First and Second World Wars

Metropolitan Police tin helmet
A Metropolitan Police tin helmet, as used in wartime

Metropolitan Police sword
A Metropolitan Police sword in its scabbard

Metropolitan Police hat
A Metropolitan Police reinforced hat

Metropolitan Police truncheon (detail)
A Metropolitan Police truncheon from the period of William IV, showing the red and gold painting on its tip

Protective collar against garrotting
A protective collar or stock against garrotting

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Metropolitan Police rattle
A Metropolitan Police rattle

Metropolitan Police Drill Instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Drill Instruction

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Metropolitan Police Pocket Directory and Duty Hints
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Pocket Directory and Duty Hints, dated 1937

Metropolitan Police sword and scabbard
A Metropolitan Police sword and its scabbard

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Metropolitan Police Specimen Reports book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Specimen Reports: A Guide for Police in Reporting Accidents, Collisions, Etc. How to Report a Case for Summons

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Metropolitan Police lantern
A Metropolitan Police lantern

Dove or pigeon box

Policemen on a stake-out
Non-uniformed police officers and detectives on a stake-out sit in a large unmarked car, watching and waiting

Morse Code Operator - Metropolitan Police

Examining fraudulent financial documentation - cheques and credit cards are checked for authenticity by the Metropolitan Police force

Training a police dog
A Police Dog and handler at Twickenham Rugby Stadium. The dog is being trained to sniff out suspicious packages that could have been planted under the seats in the South Stand (now re-developed)

Radio Operator - Metropolitan Police. A list of a name form of the phonetic alphabet is propped up on his desk Date: circa 1940s

A cold reprimand
A young lad faces a reprimand from a tall and imposing-looking London Metropolitan Police Officer after deciding that a naked swim in a London lake was the best idea for a sunny summers day!

Police radio operator

Policemen doing synchronised exercises
Policemen doing synchronised gymnastic exercises

Police experts examine stolen property

Police map operator plotting the position of various police units on a large table map of london. Exact positions are found using the table magnifying glass

Two mounted Metropolitan Police Officers on patrol through an inner London Council Estate

Training a police dog - catching a fleeing burglar. A police dog and handler lie in wait, ready to pounce on a burglar making his escape out of a ground floor window

Metropolitan Police Animal Catcher
Officer of the Metropolitan Police Dog Handling Unit, wearing protective clothing worn to prevent injury when capturing dangerous animals

Gymnasium, Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent
The gymnasium and physiotherapy department at Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent. A wide range of equipment includes an exercise bicycle, a ships wheel, and part of a bus

Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, America

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fifth Avenue facade

The Park Hospital, Hither Green, London
Kitchens of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. Uniformed staff cook food on a large range. The only man present operates a large mincing machine

Training Ship Exmouth, flag signalling drill
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth learning flag signalling. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment

Woolwich Union Golden Leigh Homes, Plumstead
The Woolwich Unions " Golden Leigh" cottage homes at Bostall Heath, Plumstead, south east London, erected in 1899 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

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