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British and Commonwealth Maker Marks


 

 

 
Great Britain
 
Bent & Parker.
B.P. & Co Ltd. B'ham.
Buttons Ltd. Dowler
Birmingham.
England Thomas Fattorini Bolton
 
Firmin London F&G
 (Fraser & Glass)
JR Gaunt.
 inc. London,   B'ham   "& Son"
Gladman & Norman Grove
 
       
  Hobley Hobson JRL Ltd. B'ham - Jarret, Rainsford & Laughton Ltd Jennens
inc. J & Co
 
Lambourne & Co Ludlow London Badge and Button Co
inc. L.B & B. Co.
Marples & Beasley B'ham. Toye Kenning and Spencer Ltd.
 
Ludski MMMC
 - MentMore Manufacturing Co Ltd
 F Narborough
F. N. B'ham.
Scott Adie Ltd. Smith & Wright Ltd. / B'ham.
 
 
A. Stanley & Sons Walsall F.E. Woodward B'ham F. Starr Putney. S.W. Stratton Suttle Cambridge
 
     
H.W. Timmings Ltd B'ham J W Tiptaft & Son Ltd
Birmingham inc. Tiptaft B'ham
     
 
       
unidentified        
 

 Retailers, Outfitters, etc.

   
Wm. Anderson & Sons Hobson & Sons Alkit Ltd.    
 
Canada
 
       
Ash Bros. O.B. Allan, O.B. ALLAN VANCOUVER (There may be another maker "Allen", note the different spelling.) J.D.Bailey Birks, Birks 1916, Birks Regd 1916 D.E.Black
 
         
M.S. Brown Caron Fils (or Bros), (CAR Bros 1916), Caron Frères 1916 Montréal Chauncey Maybees F.W.Coates  
 
         
Cook Creightons Crighton C & S Co. Dingley
 
       
Dingwall Ellis Bros, P.W.Ellis & Co. Ltd., Ellis Bros Toronto, J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd (Montreal) G.F. Hemsley R.J. Inglis
 
         
J & Co J.C. Rondeau Quebec Jacoby Jackson (JACKSON BROS, CENTRAL ALBERTA CANADA) Kinnear & Desterre, KINNEAR & D’ESTERRE KINGSTON 1915
 
         
E.V. Lamontagene Limited Geo H. Lees, Geo H.Lees & Co. (note this mark was found on a collar with ELLIS BROS marking as well.), Geo H. Lees & Co 1916 Lees & Creighton Maybees Patterson Bros
 
         
Reynolds/Port Hope Roden Bros Rosenthal Ryrie Bros Ltd (Montreal) SAR & D'BSTERRY. KINGS/1915 (unsure of spelling)
 
         
Wm Scully  Stanley & Aylward (Stanley & Aylward Toronto) Wellings, Wellings Mfg Co Toronto
Wheatley
   
 

US makers:

         
Service Supply Company, Service Supply Rochester        
 

UK makers:

         
Brown W.J. Dingley B'Ham Firmin & Son J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd Goldsmith & Silversmiths Company Ltd (frequently seen as G & S Co, or THE G&S Co / 112 REGENT ST/ LONDON)
 
         
Hicks, Hicks & Sons London R. LillicoReiche McDougall / LONDON Reich Folkestone Smith & Wright
 
         
Tait & Co. Tiptaft      
 

Identified as button makers:

         
Hicks & Sons Leadenhall ST. London (1st Bn CEF button) H. Rosenthal, Toronto Meer Jones, Birmingham, UK R.J. Inglis, Winnipeg & Montreal Roden Bros, Toronto
 
         
Smith, Kemp & Wright, Birmingham, UK
Buttons Ltd
       
         
         
 
         
         
 
Australia
 
       
K.G. Luke        
 
         
         
         

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