Framed collection of insignia from police forces in Sussex c1950 - 1995
Name/Title
Framed collection of insignia from police forces in Sussex c1950 - 1998
Entry/Object ID
47
Description
Pine framed (650mm high x 600mm wide) containing a collection of insignia from the police forces of Sussex. Contents as follows: Queen's Crown chrome plated Sussex Police hemet plate plate with EIIR centre; Queen's Crown enamel ring Sussex Police senior officer's cap badge with voided Eire centre; Queen's Crown chrome plated West Sussex Constabulary helmet plate with coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown enamel ring Sussex Constabulary senior officer's cap with voided EIIR centre; Queen's Crown chrome plated Sussex Constabulary helmet plate with EIIR centre; a pair of chrome Sussex Constabulary/Sussex Police coat of arms shield lapel badges collar dogs; a pair of chrome/red enamel crowns as used for superintending rank insignia; Queen's Crown chrome plated Sussex Constabulary lower rank's cap badge with voided EIIR centre; Queen's Crown chrome plated Brighton Police helmet plate with Coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown chrome plated Sussex Police lower ranks cap badge with voided EIIR centre; a pair of chrome plated Bath Stars as used for various senior rank insignia; a pair of wide style chrome plated sergeants' chevrons as worn on epaulettes; a pair chrome plated half-round style "Cadet" badges; Queen's Crown chrome plated Eastbourne Borough Police lower ranks cap badge with voided coat of arms centre; King's Crown chrome plated Brighton Police lower ranks cap badge with voided coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown chrome plated Borough of Hastings Police lower ranks cap badge with voided coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown chrome plated East Sussex Police lower ranks cap badge with voided coat of arms centre: a pair of chrome plated Eastbourne Borough Police coat of arms lapel badges: queen's Crown chrome plated Borough Of Hastings helmet plate with coat of arms centre: a pair of chrome plated Borough Of Hastings Police epaulette badges; a pair of chrome plated East Sussex Constabulary coat of arms epaulette badges; a pair of chrome plated West Sussex Constabulary lapel badges; a King's Crown chrome plated East Sussex Constabulary lower ranks cap badge with voided coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown West Sussex Constabulary lower ranks cap badge with voided coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown chrome plated Eastbourne Borough Police helmet plate with coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown black painted East Sussex Police helmet plate with chrome plated coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown enamel ring East Sussex Constabulary senior officer's cap badge with voided coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown enamel ring Brighton Police senior officer's cap badge with voided coat of arms centre; Queen's Crown enamel ring West Sussex Constabulary senior officer's capo badge with voided coat of arms centre; and Queen's Crown black painted East Sussex Constabulary helmet plate with chrome plated coat of arms centre.
Use
To display a collection of insignia
Context
Prior to the creation of Sussex Constabulary in 1968, there was not a single police force for the whole of Sussex and instead there were five separate police forces, each with their own insignia.
This particular collection represents an almost complete set of the insignia used across Sussex in 1967 from the five police forces and that used from 1968 in Sussex Constabulary and from 1974 to 1995 in Sussex Police. There are some omissions and two cap badges from before 1952, but the helmet badge and lapel and epaulette insignia selections are complete ones from c1967 and afterwards until 1995.
