Nightstick

Object Name:

Nightstick

Object ID:

2018.050.02

Creator:

Monadnock Lifetime Products, Inc.

Place of Origin:

Fitzwilliam, NH

Date:

circa 1995

Description:

Police baton, side-handle type, used by New Hampshire State Police. Model PR-24NX, manufactured by Monadnock Lifetime Products, Inc., Fitzwilliam, NH. Black nylon. Cylindrical shaft with rounded ends. Stamped on top of shaft, "MONADNOCK / FITZWILLIAM NH 03447 / U.S. PAT. 5,160,140". Applied soft grip, 5.3" long. Fixed side handle, 5.2" long, with contoured grip and mushroom-shaped end cap, 1.75" diam. Extendable locking shaft, 1" diam., with release button; extends to 24" long. With original clear (now yellowed) plastic packaging; color printed paper insert with image of Mount Monadnock and white text on front: "MONADNOCK / PR-24® / EXPANDABLE / POSITIVE LOCK / SIDE-HANDLE / POLICE BATON" and additional information, company logo, and patent numbers; on reverse: "MADE IN USA / MONADNOCK / LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC. / P.O. Box 509 - Route 12 / Fitzwilliam, N.H. 03447 U.S.A. / (603) 585-6810 / FAX (603) 585-9575 / PRINTED ©1995 MONADNOCK LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC." and additional information; bar code sticker adhered to reverse: "PR-24NX EXPANDABLE BATON / CAT. NO. 1105 / POSITIVE LOCK NYLON SHAFT". Another printed paper insert has "THE MONADNOCK STORY" and a color image of the company building on front, and a body chart on reverse. With a separate larger "Monadnock Baton Chart" and two PR-24 training manuals.

Material:

Plastic
Nylon

Dimensions:

W-6.5 L-14.25 Dia-1.3 inches

Provenance:

Used by the New Hampshire State Police, which switched from straight batons to side-handle batons in 1970. NHSP was the first police force to adopt the side-handle baton.

Monadnock Lifetime Products invented the first thermoplastic police baton in 1958.

Credit Line:

Gift of Christopher E. Conley

Subjects:

Nightsticks, Police, Police clubs (Weapons), State Police