An interesting new purchase has me wondering again, a showed a Smith & Wright Devon Militia button in post 5 of this thread which had the initials "E & WS" on the reverse, I now have a Similar back mark on 22mm Samuel Brother Rifles button. E & WS presumably held the patent for this type of split rear drop shank button but what does E & WS stand for and is there a connection with the reversed "WS" on some of the other Smith and Wright designs?
Rob
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