Staffordshire commemorative lapel pin

[Brian Wolfe]

Hello Everyone,

The latest addition to my Staffordshire Plice collection is this 19mm pin commemorating 50 years of women in the Staffordshire Police Service. The pin is held on by the usual means of a spike with a leaf spring grip and has the dates 1945 to 1995.

The Staffordshire 150th Commemorative publication has this to say,"In the County resistance to the appointment of Policewomen was ended in 1944 when six women constables were appointed".

However the first Policewomen (2) were appointed in Staffordshire to the Stoke-on-Trent Borough Police in 1921. It took until 1976 until female officers were no longer restricted to what had been considered a traditional role for policewomen and are now represented in every branch of the service.

Regards

Brian