Early British POLICE WARRANT badge obsolete- WEST MIDLANDS POLICE

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Early British POLICE WARRANT badge obsolete- WEST MIDLANDS POLICE
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The INDIANA JONES OF EBAY does it again !!...........I have managed to  purchase  THREE militaria collections.....&  TWO Police collections.....mainly patches, badges,insignia & headgear.
One of the main collection of patches & insignia, is a real treasure trove......I showed samples from it to one dealer who wanted to buy the entire collection...but I would rather let YOU the collectors have a chance than him  obtain them solely for profit.
please note for clarity of item , ease of listing and your perusal of my auction items. These ALL came from an Important retired Police Officer, and were mounted at one time or another,some had their lugs/fixing pins removed.I am listing them as I recieved them , and some might merit a 'clean' for the brightness of the chrome to shine through.. or if you wish to improve on their appearance.
This is a spledid discovery AND COMPLIES COMPLETELY  with Ebay policies.
for those that cannot read , or indeed understand this. I will try to explain  .If not - Morons please do not bid.
this is for COLLECTION purposes only.
These are all hat badges and helmet plates. Most of the forces are now defunct, or they have not used this style for several years or have ammalgamated with other Counties, Shires Towns , Cities, Boroughs and Police Forces . .
These items are sold as a collectible item only.
Note to eBay and those individuals who take an interest in enforcing listing policies.
This is an obsolete helmet plate  which is many years old. It bears no resemblance to any currently issued  item and in many cases the Force has amalgamated a number of times,creating  newer different badges  and conveys no authority or powers
This is a   plate is  an early WEST MIDLANDS POLICE Warrant badge
Lugs remaining :4
Removable centre : Integral
Enamel : First pattern oval hard enamel,  coat of Arms design
this is an OBSOLETE   badge plate.I  am informed this was from the leather warrant identification wallet
Aprox 58 x  49 mm.superb badge depicting the WARRANT BADGES , were NOT always flatter cap devises items are much harder to locate than traditional Constabulary memorabilia.
On July 10, 1964, the Home Secretary,
Henry Brooke
, announced he would be using his powers under the Act to amalgamate the county borough forces of Luton and Northampton with the county forces of Bedfordshire and Northamponshire respectively.
Luton's force had only been formed on April 1, when it became a county borough, but Mr Brooke said he did not regard the continuance of its existence as in the best interests of policing efficiency. The amalgamations were vigorously, but unsuccessfully, opposed by the boroughs: Luton's campaign went as far as serving a High Court writ on the Home Secretary in an attempt to stop the merger.
In the meantime, the first amalgamation under the Act took place on April 1, 1965 as the result of local government reorganisation, with the formation of the
Mid Anglia Constabulary
.
Following a change in government at the
general election
,
Frank Soskice
became Home Secretary. In 1965 he announced that Exeter City's force would be merged with that of Devon. In addition to the Bedfordshire/Luton, Devon/Exeter, and Northamptonshire/Northampton mergers, 1966 saw the establishment of a new West Midlands Constabulary covering the county boroughs of
Dudley
,
Walsall
,
Warley
,
West Bromwich
and
Wolverhampton
, which had been constituted or enlarged by local government reorganisation.
1966 amalgamation scheme
On May 16, 1966, the new
Home Secretary
,
Roy Jenkins
announced that the number of police forces in
England
and
Wales
was to be reduced from 117 to 49. Where the local authorities concerned did not agree a voluntary scheme he would make a compulsory amalgamation.
Proposed amalgamations
Lancashire County Constabulary to merge with borough police forces of Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Oldham, Rochdale, St Helens, Southport, Warrington and Wigan
Borough forces of Manchester, Salford and Stockport to merge
Bootle Borough Police and Liverpool City Police
Cheshire† County Constabulary to merge with Wallasey and Birkenhead Borough Police
Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary † to merge with Carlisle City Police
Durham County Constabulary to merge with Sunderland Borough Police
The police of the new
county borough
of Teesside to merge with the Yorkshire North Riding Constabulary
Sheffield City Police and Rotherham Borough Police to merge
Amalgamation of Yorkshire West Riding Constabulary with borough police forces of Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield and Wakefield
Yorkshire East Riding Constabulary to merge with city police of Kingston upon Hull and York
Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire County Constabularies to merge with Worcester City Police
Leicestershire & Rutland Constabulary† to merge with Leicester City Police
Staffordshire County Constabulary and Stoke-on-Trent City Police
Derbyshire County Constabulary and Derby Borough Police
Warwickshire County Constabulary and Coventry City Police
Lincolnshire† Constabulary, with Lincoln City Police and Grimsby Borough Police
Nottinghamshire County Constabulary and Nottingham City Police
Norfolk County Constabulary, Norwich City Police and Great Yarmouth Borough Police
East Suffolk Constabulary, West Suffolk Constabulary and Ipswich Borough Police
East Sussex Constabulary, West Sussex constabulary and the borough forces of Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings
Essex Constabulary and Southend-on-Sea Borough Police
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Constabularies with Oxford City Police and Reading Borough Police
Somerset County Constabulary and Bath City Police (voluntary scheme agreed)
Bournemouth Borough Police and Dorset Constabulary
Portsmouth City Police, Southampton City Police and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary †
Cornwall Constabulary, Devon & Exeter Police† and Plymouth City Police
Denbighshire, Flintshire and Gwynedd† Constabularies
Glamorgan Constabularies with Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff and Swansea borough forces
Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire & Carmarthenshire† and Mid Wales† Constabularies
Monmouthshire Constabulary and Newport Borough Police
It was also envisaged that the forces of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields and Tynemouth would be combined into a single Tyneside force if the recommendations of the
Local Government Commission for England
were carried into effect
Abolished under the Police Act 1964
Borough forces
Bath City Police
; to
Somerset and Bath Constabulary
Barnsley Borough Police
; to
West Yorkshire Constabulary
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Birkenhead Borough Police
; to
Cheshire Constabulary
Blackburn Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Blackpool Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Bolton Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Bootle Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Bournemouth Borough Police
; to
Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
Brighton Borough Police
; to
Sussex Constabulary
Burnley Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Bury Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Cambridge City Police
; to
Mid Anglia Constabulary
Cardiff Borough Police
; to
South Wales Police
Carlisle City Police
; to
Cumbria Constabulary
Coventry City Police
; to
Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary
Derby Borough Police
; to
Derby County and Borough Constabulary
Dewsbury Borough Police
; to
West Yorkshire Constabulary
Doncaster Borough Police
; to
West Yorkshire Constabulary
Eastbourne Borough Police
; to
Sussex Constabulary
Exeter City Police
; to
Devon and Exeter Constabulary
Gateshead Borough Police
; to
Durham Constabulary
Great Yarmouth Borough Police
; to
Norfolk Constabulary
Grimsby Borough Police
; to
Lincolnshire Constabulary
Hastings Borough Police
; to
Sussex Constabulary
Halifax Borough Police
; to
West Yorkshire Constabulary
Huddersfield Borough Police
; to
West Yorkshire Constabulary
Ipswich Borough Police
; to
Suffolk Constabulary
Leicester City Police
; to
Leicester and Rutland Constabulary
Lincoln City Police
; to
Lincolnshire Constabulary
Liverpool City Police
; to
Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary
Luton Borough Police
(again); to
Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary
Manchester City Police
; to
Manchester and Salford Police
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police
; to
South Wales Constabulary
Middlesbrough Borough Police
; to Teesside
Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Police
; to
Northumberland Constabulary
Newport Borough Police
; to
Gwent Police
Northampton Borough Police
; to
Northampton and County Constabulary
Norwich City Police
; to
Norfolk Constabulary
Nottingham City Police
; to
Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
Oldham Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Oxford City Police
; to
Thames Valley Constabulary
Plymouth City Police
; to
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
Portsmouth Borough Police
; to
Hampshire Constabulary
Preston Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Reading Borough Police
; to
Thames Valley Constabulary
Rochdale Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Rotherham Borough Police
; to
Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary
Salford City Police
; to
Manchester and Salford Police
Sheffield Borough Police
; to
Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary
St Helens Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Stockport Borough Police
; to
Cheshire Constabulary
Stoke-on-Trent City Police
; to
Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary
Southampton City Police
; to
Hampshire Constabulary
Southend-on-Sea Borough Police
; to
Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary
South Shields Borough Police
; to
Durham Constabulary
Southport Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Sunderland Borough Police
; to
Durham Constabulary
Swansea Borough Police
; to
South Wales Constabulary
Tynemouth Borough Police
; to
Northumberland Constabulary
Wakefield City Police
; to
West Yorkshire Constabulary
Wallasey Borough Police
; to
Cheshire Constabulary
Warrington Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Wigan Borough Police
; to
Lancashire Constabulary
Worcester City Police
; to
West Mercia Constabulary
York City Police
; to
York and North East Yorkshire Police
County/combined forces
Bedfordshire Constabulary
; to
Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary
Berkshire Constabulary
; to
Thames Valley Constabulary
Buckinghamshire Constabulary
; to
Thames Valley Constabulary
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
(original); to
Mid Anglia Constabulary
Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary
; to
Dyfed-Powys Constabulary
Cornwall County Constabulary
; to
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary
; to
Cumbria Constabulary
Derbyshire Constabulary
; to
Derby County and Borough Constabulary
Devon County Constabulary
; to
Devon and Exeter Constabulary
Devon and Exeter Constabulary
; to
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
Dorset Constabulary
; to
Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
East Riding Constabulary
; to
York and North East Yorkshire Police
East Suffolk Constabulary
; to
Suffolk Constabulary
East Sussex Constabulary
; to
Sussex Constabulary
Essex Constabulary
; to
Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary
Glamorgan Constabulary
; to
South Wales Constabulary
Herefordshire Constabulary
; to
West Mercia Constabulary
Huntingdonshire Constabulary
; to
Mid Anglia Constabulary
Isle of Ely Constabulary
; to
Mid Anglia Constabulary
Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary
; to
Leicester and Rutland Constabulary
Mid Wales Constabulary
; to
Dyfed-Powys Constabulary
Monmouthshire Constabulary
; to
Gwent Constabulary
North Riding Constabulary
; to
York and North East Yorkshire Police
Northamptonshire Constabulary
; to
Northampton and County Constabulary
Northumberland County Constabulary
; to
Northumberland Constabulary
Nottinghamshire Constabulary
; to
Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
Peterborough Combined Police Force
; to
Mid Anglia Constabulary
Oxfordshire Constabulary
; to
Thames Valley Constabulary
Shropshire Constabulary
; to
West Mercia Constabulary
Somerset Constabulary
; to
Somerset and Bath Constabulary
Staffordshire Constabulary
; to
Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary
West Riding Constabulary
; to
West Yorkshire Constabulary
West Suffolk Constabulary
; to
Suffolk Constabulary
West Sussex Constabulary
; to
Sussex Constabulary
Warwickshire Constabulary
; to
Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary
Worcestershire Constabulary
; to
West Mercia Constabulary
This list is
incomplete
Abolished by the
Local Government Act 1972
All territorial police forces in
England and Wales
(except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police) were abolished and reconstituted at midnight on
March 31
,
1974
/
April 1
,
1974
. This list shows the ones that existed then and their fate (ignoring minor transfers).
Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Bedfordshire Police
Birmingham City Police
; merged into
West Midlands Police
Bradford City Police
; merged into
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police
Bristol City Constabulary
; merged into
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Cheshire Constabulary
; reconstituted, areas transferred to
Merseyside Police
and
Greater Manchester Police
Cumbria Constabulary
; reconstituted
Derby County and Borough Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Derbyshire Constabulary
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
; reconstituted
Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Dorset Police
Durham Constabulary
; reconstituted, areas transferred to
Cleveland Constabulary
and
Northumbria Police
Dyfed-Powys Constabulary
; reconstituted
Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Essex Police
Gloucestershire Constabulary
; reconstituted, areas transferred to
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Gwent Constabulary
; reconstituted
Gwynedd Constabulary
; reconstituted as
North Wales Police
Hampshire Constabulary
; reconstituted, areas transferred to
Dorset Police
Hertfordshire Constabulary
; reconstituted
Kent County Constabulary
; reconstituted
Kingston-upon-Hull City Police
; merged into
Humberside Police
Lancashire Constabulary
; reconstituted, areas transferred to
Merseyside Police
,
Greater Manchester Police
,
Cheshire Constabulary
and
Cumbria Constabulary
Leeds City Police
; merged into
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police
Leicester and Rutland Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Leicestershire Constabulary
Lincolnshire Constabulary
; reconstituted, areas transferred to
Humberside Police
Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary
; merged into
Merseyside Police
Manchester and Salford Police
; merged into
Greater Manchester Police
Mid-Anglia Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Norfolk Constabulary
; reconstituted
Northampton and County Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Northamptonshire Constabulary
Northumberland Constabulary
; merged into
Northumbria Police
Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Nottinghamshire Police
Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary
; merged into
South Yorkshire Police
Somerset and Bath Constabulary
; merged into
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
South Wales Constabulary
; reconstituted
Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary
; reconstituted as
Staffordshire Police
Suffolk Constabulary
; reconstituted
Surrey Constabulary
; reconstituted
Sussex Constabulary
; reconstituted
Teesside Constabulary
; merged into
Cleveland Constabulary
Thames Valley Constabulary
; reconstituted
Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary
; split between
Warwickshire Constabulary
and
West Midlands Police
West Mercia Constabulary
; reconstituted
West Midlands Constabulary
; merged into
West Midlands Police
West Yorkshire Constabulary
; split mainly between
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police
,
South Yorkshire Police
and
North Yorkshire Police
Wiltshire Constabulary
; reconstituted
York and North East Yorkshire Police
; split mainly between
North Yorkshire Police
,
Humberside Police
and
Cleveland Police
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This item is  a This is in  used condition .
listed  below cost - hoping that it will find its correct level.This is  the only one i have seen in 30 years of collecting.....DO NOT LET THIS CHANCE PASS YOU BY.
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