Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

17A POLICE SWORD BY WILLIAM MILLS & SON, 120 HIGHHOLBORN, LONDON AND A NORWICH POLICE SWORDBY PARKER FIELD & SONS, 233 HOLBORN LONDONthe first with unusual etched blade of flattened-triangularsection double-edged towards the point, steel hilt withpress stud, in a contemporary steel-mounted leatherscabbard fitted with a spring catch for engaging the crosspiece;the second with straight blade etched with themaker’s details and the inscription ‘Norwich Police’(perhaps later), brass hilt, later grip, in its brass-mountedleather scabbard54.5cm; 21G in blade61cm; 24in blade(2)£200-3001718A BERWICK COUNTY CONSTABULARY SWORD, BYPARKER FIELD & SONS, 233 HOLBORN, LONDON AND ANORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY CONSTABULARY SWORDthe first with etched blade, brass hilt, and in its brassmountedleather scabbard; the second with etched blade,brass hilt, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard (press studmissing)56.5cm; 22D in blade60cm; 23K in blade(2)£300-4001819A VICTORIAN POLICE SWORD BY C.ROBINSON,BIRMINGHAMwith etched regulation blade incorporating a crown above apair of entwined thistles, and the owner’s name ‘Supt ThosWoollaston’ on the back-edge, steel hilt of regulation type,in its nickel-plated steel scabbard; and A YATAGHANBAYONET BY PARKER, FIELD & SONS, 233 HOLBORN,LONDON, in its scabbardthe first: 82cm; 32D in blade(2)Thomas Woolaston served in the County of Stafford for 38years and 10 months. In 1884 he published PoliceExperiences and Reminiscenes of Official Life.£200-2501911