whistle makers we now know that every Master studied – worked with a previous one since there were no schools for that it fits well that J .H. worked for Bent (since 1861 being 13 years old , Later Bent & Parker on 87 Newhall st. ( Parker Joined Bent in 1863 ) they were making military ornaments and whistles . For a discussion of police forces and distributor stamps and the overlap of such please see the breakdown of this under Metropolitan versus GSWs below… Round Whistles A DE COURCY & CO. Founded by Alfred De Courcy, a talented engineer and one-time Hudson foreman, who left in 1888 to start his own business. He supplied many forces from about 1900 but sold the whistle making section of his business to Hudsons in 1927. What we want to accomplish is to weed out any whistles not directly indicative of an actual police issue. In other words, removing all whistles that — could have been used by a policeman, but not actually issued and stamped for a force in particular. Police Whistles Restricted and Issued for a Particular Police Force OR Sold as a Promotional Whistle?

Today, police issue whistles are enthusiastically collected with the earliest items and those supplied to forces which had a small number of officers being particularly keenly sought. Information is now available enabling in most cases dating to within a few years. Nearly all the names of forces supplied, and by which manufacturer, are also known. The MP 4 was a ‘Segway’ of sorts jumping in time to another maker who tried to edge in and ended up pulling out. This was Bent and Parker. Only 2000 were made. Detecting police whistles takes sleuthing, but with these guidelines it can easily be done, if not then write us. ? MP6 through MP 11 are the originals pictured CPW ) and we will go over the changes whistle by whistle. Only MP5 and MP11 have two-piece tops, so we will note most often mouthpiece changes. The main reason for refurbishment was that the internal disc was weak at its soldering point, it needed tines to adhere the disc to the side walls. Once these were added to the simple disc, it would no longer come loose from merely soldering to the partition. It could also be soldered to the sidewalls. The mouthpiece was replaced at this time with a more modern machined one with a rolled edge.John Heslop on Spherical , Globular shaped whistles and More, Bicycles Whistles By A. Strauss (23 photos) Mixed 7 Police actual whistles with City Police Force or constabulary from 1884 1895 found on the list. The following are pictured in the article, some being the actual whistles pictured in Collecting Police Whistles and Similar Types. Police whistles are gaining in popularity and much attention is given to tube shaped Metropolitan Police whistles in particular. Deservedly so, as they have been categorized well, being numbered MP1-MP25 ( Gilchrist ) and with variations can be quite engaging to the collector. Explanation of the Organized Police Whistles in Gilchrist’s Book CPWs. In time the registered name Metropolitan was coupled with surrounding police forces and then also stamped for Fire Brigade, Asylum. Prison, etc.

However, information is wanting in the police whistles surrounding the Metropolitans, other models like escargots and here is an effort to bring into focus that discussion. Martin Gilchrist has done an excellent groundwork explanation along with Simon Topman in Collecting Police Whistles and Similar Types for tube shapes whistles. Differences in Police Whistles and Generic Whistles Merely Used by the Police

wmavner on The “Uneedit” Multitool whistle, Round pea Whistle , Extractor . corkscrew & cigar cutter , Victorian, England. Arroyos, Rafael Pérez (2003). Egypt: Music in the Age of the Pyramids (1sted.). Madrid: Centro de Estudios Egipcios. p.28. ISBN 978-8493279615. This is the question. In other words, could anyone buy them over the counter? Earliest records indicate different types of whistles for police issue and included: