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Old 16-04-17, 07:48 AM
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Default Civil Defence Buttons or Christian Dior!!
Good morning all

Hope this might raise a smile amongst fellow button collectors!

We often see military-looking fashion buttons being sold on ebay as military buttons but I came across this amusing listing the other day.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Bu...AAAOSwU8hY5VXf

Not quite military I know but 'Civil Defence' buttons being sold as 'vintage Christian Dior military style' fashion buttons.

Why do sellers keep making these things up when they clearly don't have a clue? Surely it is much easier to list something as 'unknown'?

Roger
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Old 16-04-17, 08:50 AM
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You have got it all wrong Roger.
This is Royal Christian Dior.
Similar to Hugo Boss in Nazi Germany, Christian Dior supplied clothing to elite British civilians during WWII.
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You have got it all wrong Roger.
This is Royal Christian Dior.
Similar to Hugo Boss in Nazi Germany, Christian Dior supplied clothing to elite British civilians during WWII.
And I thought it was April 16th, not April 1st!
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Old 16-04-17, 06:48 PM
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Now if only we could think up another meaning for GPO and other common, non military, buttons.

P.B.

( if like this lady, someone is specializing in selling buttons, you would think having a copy Gwen Squires book or something similar would be a must have, she could even claim the cost against her income tax )
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Roger,

And there was me thinking they were Cadbury's Dairymilk buttons.

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