Police Percussion Cap Pistol.

[Ian Shepherd]

[Brian Wolfe]

I almost hate to comment on this post as it will separate the written part from the images; so anyone reading this please note there is another part to Ian's post.

It is not often that we think of an armed "Bobby"; too many old "period" films have shapped our views. Swords and pistols, while not always carried, were important peices of equipment. I guess it's like today's police services. When you get to see the weapons they have in reserve for those "Kodak Moments' you are surprised. Thanks for posting the photos, I would like to see a police officer of the period wearing such a pistol but that would probably have been such a rare event that no such photos exists.

Regards

Brian