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Constable's staff
A constable's staff made from a spoke of Nelson's funeral carriage. Oak turned and grooved around the handle. It has a partially illegible handwritten label adhering to it: 'Greenwich College...1841...Constable at ...G... I turned the staff out of a spoke of the wheel...and I have done duty with this staff at Greenwich...' With a loop of rope and tassel to suspend from the wrist. Carved with the initials 'GH' with a badge of a crown with crossed flags above and an anchor below (Greenwich Hospital). The carriage was kept in the Painted Hall until it fell into bad repair in 1826.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0170 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Truncheon |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1826 |
| People: | Warner, Alice J; Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 435 mm; Diameter: 33 mm |
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