{"product_id":"palestine-police-cap-badge-by-dowler-birmingham","title":"Palestine Police cap badge by Dowler, Birmingham.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKing’s Crown Palestine Police fine quality cap badge nicely maker marked Dowler London. Nice to find an original example of a much re produced police cap badge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe PPF was a British colonial police service established in Mandatory Palestine on 1 July 1920, when High Commissioner Sir Herbert Samuel’s civil administration took over security responsibility from General Allenby’s Occupied Enemy Territory Administration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis followed Allenby’s victory at Megiddo and the Ottoman surrender on 30 October 1918, which left Britain in complete control of Palestine. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePolice HQ was initially set up in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem, on Jaffa Road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBy 1928 the force had 2,143 officers: 1,764 Arabs and 321 Jews, alongside the British contingent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe PPF was dissolved in May 1948,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ecoinciding with the end of the Mandate and British withdrawal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWm Dowler \u0026amp; Sons of Birmingham was a well-known military badge maker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010584957256,"sku":"10124","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-2248.heic?v=1788726416","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/palestine-police-cap-badge-by-dowler-birmingham","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}