Police Headwear, Uniforms, Gear, & Groupings

ARTIFACT: Ron is modeling a great 1970s-80s Pittsburgh, PA Police Department policeman's leather jacket. It has a nice corduroy collar and a nice old wool felt Pittsburgh Police Department patch. It is set up to be worn with a gun belt that is no longer...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1890s or early 1900s "sap" police club. It is made of leather, lead and spring steel. This sap came to us along with a circa 1880s police billy club made of lignum vitae that is for sale separately (please see link at...

ARTIFACT: This is a set of brass knuckles that are actually made out of nickel-plated iron, with four rounded loops for the fingers and a bar joining them which rests in the palm. Brass knuckles were used by the United States military at least until...

ARTIFACT: This is a McCord's patented police combination rattle, whistle and billy club from the 1850s. The club is wooden with a brass sleeve over the club part. The whistle and the rattle are joined and the whistle pivots out at a forty-five degree...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1905 police call box system headquarters installation plaque. The plaque is from Nashua, New Hampshire, and lists the name of the city's Mayor, Andros B. Jones, as well as its three Police Commissioners, its City...

ARTIFACT: This is a nineteenth century billy club made of lignum vitae, a very durable wood from which cricket and croquet balls are usually made. The club may have been used either by a police officer or in a nautical setting. The club is short and...

ARTIFACT: This is an old leather "sap" from the 1930s in unusually fine condition. The leather is still supple and the strap is strong. Inside there is a heavy spring and a lead weight to pack quite a punch. A sap was sometimes carried by authorities...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1870s-1880s police belt, buckle and nightstick holder. The belt buckle is interlocking, with one half shaped like a circle reading POLICE that fits into another wreath-shaped half. A nightstick holder is looped over the belt,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1971 commendation plaque for "extreme heroism" given to John A. Clarke by the City of Los Angeles for saving the life of a police officer trapped in a burning car. The plaque shows the seal of the City of Los Angeles in full color and...

ARTIFACT: This is a police whistle from the 1920s in cream-colored celluloid with a brass ring. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/8" height and 3-1/16" length and 15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid on brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1900 lead-loaded "sap" self-defense weapon, used widely at the time by police officers. Part of the weapon's body is covered with woven leather, and a lanyard is attached at the non-"business" end. It would be hard to...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare New Hampshire State Highway Patrol (NHHP) motor vehicle license plate used circa early 2000s. The Bureau was so small, that at times during its existence as the Enforcement Bureau of the NH Motor Vehicle Division,...