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City guard

Drum of the Edinburgh City Guard (late 18thC) bearing the city's coat of arms

A city guard, city watch, town guard, or town watch were local militia companies formed to enforce municipal laws. Usually subordinate to the local municipal government, many cities had their own guard formations which doubled as police and military forces in times of need.


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