An Obsolete French Municipal Police cap by Balsan Size 59 lead porter One of the most whimsical

One of the most whimsical Chinese objects is the belt toggle

This piece was sourced like a few others we have for sale from an old international collector who was selling a proportion of his collection by auction

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1977 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews outside London's Cafe Royal

besides Bradman

This is your chance to own a real genuine piece of history

An Obsolete French Municipal Police cap by Balsan Size 59 lead porter One of the most whimsicalHere we have a now obsolete French Municipal Police cap by Balsan size 59 The municipal police (French: Police Municipale) are the local police of towns and cities in France outside the capital. There are 18,000 municipal police officers in 3,500 communities. The municipal police are one of the three components of French policing, alongside the National Police and the National Gendarmerie, with about 145,000 police and 98,000 soldiers respectively.