1314 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I should have - Ed pointed it out on a thread at least once.......... Pre 1953 Other Ranks Cap,Nigeria Police.Made by Hobsons and supplied through The Crown Agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Hello - 1314 - welcome to GMIC. However, it would be nice if you could give us a first name ? I did suggest Nigeria when Leigh first posted - but it didn't seem to get looked-at. Are you police ; ex-police; colonial police, or, a collector ? Always good to know background on members - oparticularly on such a specialist subject. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks - the buttons appear to be silver or silver plate, CORRECT FOR O's? Time to find a cap badge. I checked your suggestion re Nigerian Police Merv, but I did'nt find much info googlng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Leigh - I only mentioned it in passing as it seemed a possibility - I thought Peter might have picked-up on it as he was in Nigeria. The difficulty , always, is getting the proper info. and not just an indistinct picture. Merv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 There is so little information on British Colonial Police uniforms, so it is hard to research such pieces when they emerge. I would suggest starting a new topic for Colonial Police Photographs to capture some data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1314 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 There is so little information on British Colonial Police uniforms, so it is hard to research such pieces when they emerge. I would suggest starting a new topic for Colonial Police Photographs to capture some data. (a) As regards the Nigeria Police Button pre 1953,there is a similar item currently on eBay 200412061682,albeit of QE2 issue together with a post Independance issue. (b) I fully support the suggestion re the Colonial Police ( to include the odd balls ie Shanghai,Wei Hai Wei and Treaty Ports which,whilst not Colonial in it's strict sense,followed the British model. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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