Pair of British Honduras Police pith helmets

A pair of British Honduras Police pith helmets each with King’s Crown brass helmet plates and white metal top ball mounts, the first’s interior with brown leather sweatband further stamped for the British Honduras police, size 6 7/8 and the second with similarly constructed interiors but no visible markings (2)

*The Belize Police Department is descended from the British Honduras Constabulary, which was established in 1886. Constabulary personnel initially numbered 141 and were recruited in Barbados because local men showed no interest in enlisting. The government assigned the early police the task of preserving law and order in the colony. The Constabulary was at first a paramilitary force, but in 1902, it was made into a civil police force.