Metropolitan Special Constabulary Chrome Cap Badge – Manufactured by W. O. Lewis, Birmingham

Metropolitan Special Constabulary chrome cap badge, representing the volunteer reserve of the Metropolitan Police in London. The Special Constabulary provided additional policing support, with special constables undertaking voluntary duties alongside regular police officers. The organisation has a long history, with its role becoming particularly significant during the First and Second World Wars, when large numbers of volunteers assisted with policing, civil defence and maintaining public order.

The badge features the crowned Royal Arms within a circular title circlet bearing the inscription METROPOLITAN SPECIAL CONSTABULARY. The central royal insignia and surrounding lettering identify the wearer with the Metropolitan Police’s volunteer force. Manufactured by W. O. Lewis of Birmingham, the maker’s mark provides an interesting detail for collectors of British police insignia and historical uniform badges. Chrome-plated examples represent a later variation of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary badge design, distinct from the earlier bronzed and enamelled wartime patterns. An attractive example of Metropolitan Police history and twentieth-century British police insignia.

Dimensions: 49mm x 36mm

Condition: Excellent. Please refer to the photographs for details of the chrome plating, raised insignia, maker’s mark and reverse fittings.