MET POLICE ISSUE AND THEIR DATES.

Issue 4 was made by another maker.

This graphicis just a placeholder to show where the numbers were stamped on the whistle.

1 

84 BUCKINGHAM ST

EARLY 1884

Hand made number on the back and inspection mark on the loop.

2

84 BUCKINGHAM ST

LATE 1884

Hand made number on the back and inspection mark on the loop.

3

131 BARR ST

1885 

Hand made number on the back and inspection mark on the loop.

5

131 BARR ST

1886/7  

Hourglass shaped rolled mouthpiece Stamped numbers under window

6

131BARR ST

1888 - 1890S

Straight patent under address

7

13 BARR ST

1890S - 1897

Straight Patent above address or has The Metropolitan Patent stamp

8

13 BARR ST

1898 - 1900

HasThe Metropolitan Patent stamp 

8

13 BARR ST

1901

May have a thicker concave loop.

9

13 BARR ST

1902 - 1906

Straight J.Hudson&Co in the address

9

13 BARR ST

1907

This issue may have run into early 1907

10

13 BARR ST

1907

Straight patent under the address later 1907

11

13 BARR ST

1908

Serif on the '1' in 13 and stamped 2 part top

11

13 BARR ST

LATE 1908

The 1907 address stamp was reused

12

13 BARR ST

1909

Dot after 13 new cap stamp no patent

13

13 BARR ST

1910

'Hudsons' was removed from cap stamp

13

13 BARR ST

1911 - 1913

The dash was removed after the 08

 Thisstamp in issue 14 changes toand a straightstamp in issue 15. Both have the dot after

14

244.BARR ST

1914

Curved The Metropolitan

Patent stamp

15

244.BARR ST

 1914 - LATE 1910S 

Separate straight

Patent stamp

No more dot after the 244 and the pinched loopin issue 16 changes to a round loopin issue 17.

16

244 BARR ST

 LATE 1910S  

No dot after 244

last of pinched loop

17

244 BARR ST

LATE 1910S - 1922 

Round inner loop

onward

The 'E' In POLICEchanges fromin issue 18 toin issue 19.

18

244 BARR ST

1923 - 

Blank cap no Patent 

19

244 BARR ST

MID 1920S

Shorter middle line in 'E'

The thick underline changes fromin issue 19 to a thinner underlinein issue 20.

20

244 BARR ST

LATE 1920S

Thin underline in Co 

21

244 BARR ST

LATE 1920S - 1930S

No numbers

22

BARR ST HOCKLEY

1938/39

Number above window

23

NO ADDRESS

1940

No address stamp

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