Object Number: W2108

Collection: Militaria

Object Name: Written Communications

Description: Certificate printed on paper and mounted on coarse card, unissued. Pen and ink image of a Roman building, the pediment holding the Arms of Bristol with supporters, held up by two pillars encircled with laurel wreaths. In a semi-circular space below, a Roman soldier stands in toga and cloak, holding a large broadsword. Pasted in to the space in the centre is a printed sheet: This is to Certify THAT ... OF ... SERVED AS A SPECIAL CONSTABLE IN THE BRISTOL CITY POLICE FORCE FROM ... UNTIL ... WHEN HALF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY CONSTABULARY WERE SERVING IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES. YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE VALUABLE SERVICES YOU RENDERED DURING THE GREAT WAR [signed] J A Watson Chief Constable H W Twigg Lord Mayor Ivie M Dunlop Sheriff IMP. BY PARTRIDGE & LOVE LTD. AFTER ORIGINAL BY F. G. SWAISH'