Whistle.
Collection object
2000.0186
L. 8.0 L. body 4.5 L. mouthpiece 1.3 D. ring 1.7 D. body 1.6 D. min mouthpiece 1.0 D. mouthpiece rim 1.3 Wt. 35.7
Whistle, police, chrome-plated brass, made by J Hudson & Co, Birmingham, c.1916. Cylindrical body fitting into a waisted mouthpiece at one end and an endpiece with ring at the other. Central longtitudinal dividing plate and a rectangular slot cut from the body off-centre towards the mouthpiece. Flat ring wint tang? which fits into the endpiece, on the same plane as the dividing plate. Engraved on one side, from the top: The Metropolitan / J Hudson & Co / 244 Barr Street / Birmingham / (below slots) Made in England.