A GEORGE IV PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEON with forged iron spike

A GEORGE IV PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEON with forged iron spike, painted in polychrome with crown, GR and shield, 37cm Mitton, speculates that the similar example he illustrates on p60 might incorporate a marlin spike, which had been acquired and painted for police use or alternatively was intended to be stuck in the ground for official occasions, possibly to mark a boundary.