Hammer

£220

Irish. Dublin Metropolitan Police GvR cap badge circa 1911-22. Good rare die-stamped white metal issue. Elongated crowned star bearing QUIS SEPARABIT oval; GvR to solid centre. Loops. Minor service wear. VGC Although the Royal Irish Constabulary was replaced by the Garda Siochana in 1922, the Dublin Metropolitan Police, formed in 1836, remained in existence as a separate force called Police of Dublin until 1925 when it became part of the Garda Siochana.