Truncheon - Wikipedia HMS Truncheon (P353), a British submarine commissioned during World War II and later sold to Israel (Shaft of) a spear (obsolete usage, but found in Walter Scott, in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur)
Curators Corner: The Truncheon - bradfordpolicemuseum. com Throughout England’s evolving history of law enforcement, the truncheon consistently stood as a symbol of authority and protection It became a defining feature of the standardised police force established by Sir Robert Peel in the nineteenth century