25” heavy wedge section blade with spear point, marked WOOLLEY & DEAKIN at the forte. That designation was used 1800-03 only dating this sword. Brass hilt, the guard marked LONDON. Wire wrapped leather covered grip. Prior to 1839, portions of the greater London area was served by fragmented constabularies such as the Thames River Police. The actual City of London is a one square mile area centered in the greater metropolitan area which is comprised of 32 additional boroughs. This sword evidently served the original City of London constabulary in the Napoleonic period before consolidation.
