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Queen Crown Badges.
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| Kenya | British S.A.P -1975 | Before 1964 when in gained its
independence. Manufactured by J.R. Gaunt, London. Actual Zambia |
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Basutoland Mounted Police |
Basutoland Mounted Police |
KING CROWN BADGES
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| UGANDA | UGANDA | UGANDA |
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Basutoland Mounted Police |
Basutoland Mounted Police |
Basutoland Mounted Police |
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| Kenya | Nigeria | Tanganika 1919-1961(Tanzania) |
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| obsolete RHODESIAN " BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE " helmet badge worn c1933 - 1945, in brass metal with 2 lug fittings to the reverse | obsolete RHODESIAN " BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE " cap badge. | |
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| The origins of Ghana's police
force lie in efforts by the British council of merchants to protect
trading routes and depots. In 1830 the committee hired numerous guards and
escorts. Fourteen years later, the British established the 120-member Gold
Coast Militia and Police (GCMP). The authorities disbanded this force in
1860 and created a ninety-member corps called the Queen's Messengers.
Military units assumed the GCMP's paramilitary duties.
During the Asante wars, the Queen's Messengers joined the Hausa Constabulary, imported from Nigeria, and formed the Gold Coast Armed Police Force. In 1876 the British reorganized this unit into the Gold Coast Constabulary, which was divided into two forces in 1901, with the paramilitary mission assigned to the Gold Coast Regiment and the police functions given to the Gold Coast Police Force. The Northern Territories Constabulary, which the British created in 1907, joined the Gold Coast Police Force shortly after World War I. This left Ghana with one police force, a situation that prevailed until independence. |
An
obsolete "SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY " (with the CROWN of KING
EDWARD 7TH), N.C.O's VOIDED centre HAT and HELMET badge worn 1902-1908, in
NICKEL metal , with 2 lug fittings to the reverse. NOTE. This is the badge
that was
introduced whilst the Boer War was still being fought and can be included
in a Boer War collection.
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