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Sheath
Leather sheath for police cutlass. With brass detail. Inscription on the cutlass dates it to between 1842 - 1877.
Formerly part of Gwent Police Museum collection.
The cutlass F09.29.65.1 and another, F09.29.66, were said to have been used to arrest German soldiers on a ship that docked in Newport.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F09.29.65.2
Historical Associations
Association Type: Use
Date: 19th century
Creation/Production
Period: 1842 - 1877
Acquisition
Donation
Material
Leather
Brass
Location
In store
Classification
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