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BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833. <br />
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Pictured: This Victorian carved fruitwood long truncheon has an estimate of £400. <br />
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A hard-hitting single owner collection of rare 18th and 19th century police truncheons have emerged for sale.<br />
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The over 50 wooden clubs were carried around by constables of the parish in the years before official police forces were founded.<br />
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The batons were often beautifully decorated and sometimes stamped or marked to commemorate a notorious public order incident that had previously happened in the parish.