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I just repatriated this helmet to South Wales this afternoon. I thought I would share a few pictures I took of it before it left my hands. Perhaps someone here knows far more about it than I do.
The pin or plate on the helmet
The front view of the helmet.
From what I know, it is a bobby helmet worn by bobbys in Boston Borough Council in the 1920s. That area was a small area and at its height it only had 35 bobbys for that area. At the time this was worn, there were probably only about 20 Bobbys on the streets there.
After the Second world war, many small forces were seen as being inefficient to deal with the future and the government forced amalgamations of the small town / borough forces. Boston Borough was forced to amalgamate into the Lincolnshire Constabulary in 1947.
It is likely a fairly scarce helmet and how it got out to me in California Many years ago is probably quite a story. Now it will sit in a constabulary museum where it belongs. I am kind of happy I found a good home for it where it will be cared for and restored.
The pin or plate on the helmet
The front view of the helmet.
From what I know, it is a bobby helmet worn by bobbys in Boston Borough Council in the 1920s. That area was a small area and at its height it only had 35 bobbys for that area. At the time this was worn, there were probably only about 20 Bobbys on the streets there.
After the Second world war, many small forces were seen as being inefficient to deal with the future and the government forced amalgamations of the small town / borough forces. Boston Borough was forced to amalgamate into the Lincolnshire Constabulary in 1947.
It is likely a fairly scarce helmet and how it got out to me in California Many years ago is probably quite a story. Now it will sit in a constabulary museum where it belongs. I am kind of happy I found a good home for it where it will be cared for and restored.
