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Originally Posted by davidwyke
Hi Tim
In a word "no"!. They did produce a considerable quantity of buttons but there were many manufacturers during that period. It also depends to some extent whether you mean Officers or O/R's buttons. They produced both but possibly more O/R's than many other makers, at a guess. Also, bear in mind most O/R's of line regiments wore general service (royal arms) buttons at the time.
David
PS..... a word of caution - be wary of any large size buttons purporting to be WW1 period and which have a "GAUNT // LONDON" backmark, they may well be 1970's restrikes.
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Thanks David. Sorry, I left out some info! Primarily I am looking at officers guilt buttons. I have seen 4 major back marks so far (and this is just my observation), being:
J.R GAUNT & SON LONDON
J.R GAUNT & SON Ltd LONDON
J.R GAUNT & SON Ltd LONDON ENGd
J.R GAUNT & SON Ltd LONDON ENGld
There appear to be dots under the lower case letters, but hard to tell from pics.
Thanks for the info
Cheers, Tim