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Old 01-11-21, 05:52 PM
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Interesting, but why "firmins london" on the rear then?!
That is good old competition for commercial world dominance. This one was between the UK and the upcoming industrial powerhouse Germany.
Your British made button may be the older one. The British button industry lost South America to the German button industry.
In 1914 the countries went to war.
Here is the Wikipedia page for the company:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-...amways_Company

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