City of London Police Museum http://www.citypolicemuseum.org.uk Preserving the history of the City of London Police Wed, 08 May 2013 14:04:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 See our collections http://www.citypolicemuseum.org.uk/see-our-collections http://www.citypolicemuseum.org.uk/see-our-collections#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:55:47 +0000 CityPolice http://www.citypolicemuseum.org.uk/?p=199 The Museum’s collections are varied, below is a list of some of the major collections. More details can be gained by contacting us.

Uniforms

Examples of City uniforms from 1829 through to current issue.

Victorian Policing

Exhibits from policing in Victorian London, including truncheons, uniforms, criminal’s tools.

Communication

Example of early radio communication, the development of the “walkie talkie” of the 50′s and 60′s and the modern Airwave radio.

World War 2

A display showing police uniforms and equipment from WWII, medals awarded to City officers, archives and ephemera from the period.

Murders

A small collection related to the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, including photographs of the victims and information about the police investigation; the Houndsditch Murders of 1910 which led to the infamous Siege of Sidney Street.

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