  We investigated the globular cluster system of the S0 galaxy NGC 1380 in the
Fornax cluster with deep BVR photometry. We identified two, presumably old,
populations of globular clusters. The blue globular clusters seem to be
counterparts to the halo globular clusters in our Milky Way. They have
comparable colors and magnitudes, are spherically distributed around the
elliptical galaxy but have a very flat surface density profile. The red
population follows the stellar light in ellipticity and position angle, has a
similar magnitude distribution to the blue clusters, and a surface density
profile comparable to that of globular clusters in other Fornax ellipticals.
From their colors the red clusters appear slightly more metal rich then the
metal rich globular clusters in the Milky way. We associate this red population
with the bulge and disk of NGC 1380. While these two populations are compatible
with a merger formation, we unfortunately see no other hint in favor nor
against a past merger event in this galaxy.
  This would be the first identification of halo and bulge globular clusters in
an early--type galaxy by their colors and spatial distribution, and could hint
to the presence of halo and bulge globular clusters in all galaxies.
