Lot 70
Lot 70
RARE PALESTINE POLICE FORCE PARAPHERNALIA. [PALESTINE: C. 1931-1948]

PALESTINE POLICE FORCE

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RARE PALESTINE POLICE FORCE PARAPHERNALIA. [PALESTINE: C. 1931-1948]

PALESTINE POLICE FORCE

Price Realised USD 3,000
Price Realised USD 3,000
Details
PALESTINE POLICE FORCE -- Rare Palestine Police force paraphernalia. [Palestine: c. 1931-1948].

A collection of 10 items issued to members of the Palestine Police force, including handcuffs.

Comprising:
1 pair of British-made steel handcuffs
1 ammunition belt
1 whistle complete with lanyard
1 group of Palestine Police pins
1 annotated copy of The Palestine Police Manual
1 police notebook (notes removed)
1 calendar for 1949
1 programme of music by the police band in parallel English, Hebrew, and Arabic
1 collection of documents for applicants to the force (with tears and ink stains).
Another collection of ephemera relating to life as a member of the PPF, including the especially rare survivals of police handcuffs and ammunition belt. Provenance:Theodore Abboud – D. Marchinton (inscriptions in Manual) -- Ronald Kendrick Edwards (inscriptions in notebook and Manual).
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