Tom King Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I think this is a helmet plate for the London North Eastern Railway police hence the lack of crown ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrob Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 No, these badges had no crown. You have a complete London North Eastern Railway helmet badge. Well done!! Joe I think this is a helmet plate for the London North Eastern Railway police hence the lack of crown ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Tom - a rare and very sought after badge - in fact anything to do with Railways is valuable. I would say stg 500 pounds - and upwards - you could be very surprised..... The short history is as follows - Eastern Union Railway - incorporated 1844 Amalgamated with Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds - 1847 Taken over by Great Eastern Railway (which later became London and North Eastern Railway) 1862. Any other 'treasures' lurking in the background ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milice Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Tom, you have a LNER police helmet plate worth about £50 in that condition. A common badge, the LNER Police were a big old Force (1450 on establishment). Their badges turn up regularly on Ebay and go for £70 tops. The Force was viewed as quite forward thinking for it's time and sent their recruits to Hendon from the 1920s. The Force amalgamated with all other railway Poice forces in 1949 when the British Transport Commission Police were formed. I know a sprightly 90 year old who was in the LNER Police. Talking with him has beeen fascinating as you can imagine. You have the 2 piece version. There was an earlier single stamped version all in black that was used as a night plate and is worth slightly more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milice Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Tom - a rare and very sought after badge - in fact anything to do with Railways is valuable. I would say stg 500 pounds - and upwards - you could be very surprised..... The short history is as follows - Eastern Union Railway - incorporated 1844 Amalgamated with Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds - 1847 Taken over by Great Eastern Railway (which later became London and North Eastern Railway) 1862. Any other 'treasures' lurking in the background ? THE LNER RAILWAY POLICE (1923 - 1948) The LNER was formed from: Great Eastern Railway Great Central Railway Great Northern Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Hull and Barnsley Railway North British Railway North Eastern Railways The North Eastern Railway was the largest and most successful of the constituent companies. All of these companies had Railway Police Forces. The LNER Police was one of the largest Police Forces in the Country. It had its Headquarters at York. It had three Areas, North-Eastern, Scottish and Southern, each split into Divisions headed by a Superintendent. NORTH EASTERN AREA (Headquarters at Newcastle) Northern Division Newcastle (Divisional HQ) Sunderland West Hartlepool Southern Division York (Divisional Headquarters) Darlington Middlesbrough Leeds Eastern Division Hull (Divisional HQ) SCOTTISH AREA (Headquarters at Edinburgh) Scottish Division Edinburgh Glasgow Dundee Dunfirmline SOUTHERN AREA (Headquarters at Wellers Court, Pancras Road, London NW1.) London Division Kings Cross (Divisional HQ) Farringdon Street Marylebone Liverpool Street Bishopsgate Stratford Sheffield Division Sheffield (Divisional HQ) Manchester Bradford Nottingham Leicester Grimsby Division Grimsby (Divisional HQ) Grimsby Docks Doncaster Peterborough Cambridge Division Cambridge (Divisonal HQ) Ipswich Norwich Parkeston Quay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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