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Description: | It has a plain turned wooden handle, and a thick red painted band beneath with the word 'Officer' inscribed. The remainder of the body is painted green with a diagonal yellow stripe. Truncheons have been carried by watchmen, parish constables and latterly police officers since the Middle Ages. They are seen as symbols of authority, but are only to be used by the police in extreme circumstances.
An officer's truncheon of wood. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Law enforcement Police | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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