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Cardiff Borough Police baton issued to Mr F.D. Llewelyn for Special Constable duties during the Cambrian Combine Dispute, 1910. Decorated in red and gold on a black background depicting a shield (representing the former Borough coat of arms of Cardiff), initials ‘VR’ (Victoria Regina) and a crown. This is a Victorian baton, and would have been issued as old stock in 1910.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
74.53I/2
Historical Associations
Association Type: colliery
Date: 1910
Association Type: place name
Date: 1910
Acquisition
Donation, 28/11/1974
Measurements
Length
(mm): 415
diameter
(mm): 35
Weight
(g): 300
Material
wood
leather
Location
Big Pit National Coal Museum : Pit Head Baths Gallery (DC 3.06 right)
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