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Old 08-05-11, 06:35 PM
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Default KC General Service Buttons

I've started an album of different manufacturers for this fairly common button, but obviously there are going to be a lot more, so what am I missing? Rob.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp?albumid=978
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Old 08-05-11, 08:02 PM
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Hi Rob,
Here is a list of what I can find among my General Service KC buttons.
Cheers, Tinto

Crossed Swords Make MADE IN ENGLAND
BURY COURT MFG.
SYDNEY GRIFFITH BIRMINGHAM
NEWEY BROS. LIMITED BIRMINGHAM
W. DEARN & CO. BIRMINGHAM
C.H.C. & S. LTD. BIRMINGHAM
C. H. PARSONS LTD. BIRMINGHAM
STRATTON B’HAM
SMITH & WRIGHT LIMITED BIRMINGHAM
ESSOR B’HAM
ADAMS B’HAM
THE DEVERLEA PRODUCTS LTD. B’HAM
BUTTONS LIMITED BIRMINGHAM
CHENEY B’HAM
HEATON & TAYLOR LTD. BIRMINGHAM
RECAL BUTTON WORKS LTD. B’HAM
W. TWIGG & CO. BIRMINGHAM
KENWORTHYS LTD. BIRMINGHAM
LION BIRMINGHAM
HARCOURTS? LTD. BIRMINGHAM
MORTON & CROWDER LTD. BIRMINGHAM
E. ARMFIELD LTD. BIRMINGHAM
WM. DOWLER & SONS LTD. BIRMM.
? BIRMINGHAM
FIRMIN & SONS LTD. LONDON
WRIGHT & SON EDGEWARE MIDDX.
J R GAUNT & SON LTD. LONDON
GAUNT LONDON
G. J. WEBB & CO. LTD. LONDON
CHATURBIHARI & BROS. ALIGARHUP
J. C. PARIKH & CO. DELHI
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Old 08-05-11, 09:01 PM
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Default brass KC general service buttons

Here is my list (72, UK & India)
A. & W. Ltd, B'ham
A.A. & Sons, Aligarh
Adams, B'ham
H. Allday, Birmingham
Armfield Ltd, Birmingham
E. Armfield & Co Ltd, Birmingham
Beddoes, B'ham
Chatur Bihari & Bros, Aligarh
Chatur Bihari & Bros, Aligarh U.P.
Bliss Bro's, Birmingham
Buttons Limited, Birmingham
Buttons Ltd, B'ham
Buttons Ltd, B'ham, <crossed swords>
C.H.C. & S. Ltd, B'ham
C.H.C. & S. Ltd, Birmingham
Cheney, B'ham
Cooke Bros Ltd, B'ham
Cooke Bros Ltd, Birmingham
Derverlea Products, B'ham
The Derverlea Products Ltd, B'ham
W. Dowler & Sons, Birmm
Wm. Dowler & Son Ltd, Birmm
Essor, B'ham
Firmin & Sons Ld, Birmingham
Firmin & Sons Ltd, London
Firmin Ld, London
Firmin, London
Gaunt, London
J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd, London
J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd, London Engd.
J.R. Gaunt & Son, London
G.E. Ltd, B'ham
Ed. Gill, Birmingham
Sydney Griffith, Birmingham
Haseler & Restall Ltd, Birmingham
W.H. Haseler Ltd, Birmingham
Hobson & Sons, Lexington St, London
Geo. W. Hughes, St. Pauls, Birmingham
Imperial M.W., Aligarh
Industries Mills, Aligarh
J.B.S. & S., B'ham
J.H. Johnson & Co, Aligarh U.P.
JP
Kenworthy's Ltd, Birmingham
J. Landau & Sons
Lion, B'ham
Morton & Crowder Ltd
Morton & Crowder Ltd, Birmingham
Newey Bros. Limited, Birmingham
Newey Brothers Ltd, Birmingham
Niwey Bros Limited, Birmingham
Player Bros, B.
G. Preston Ld, Birmingham
Made in England
Special Quality
Regal Button Works Ld, B'ham
S. & D. Ltd, B'ham
N.K. Sharma & Co, Aligarh
A. Shirley, B'ham
Smith & Wright Limited, Birmingham
Smith & Wright Ltd, B'ham
Stratton, B'ham
W. Twigg & Co Ltd, Birmingham
Waterbury Button Co
Watts & Horton, B'ham
W.C.C.B.
C. & J. Webb & Co, London
W. White, B'ham
Williams & Gray, B'ham
Wilmot-Breeden Ltd, Birmingham
W.L.M. Ltd, B'ham
Woolley & Co (Birmingham) Limd
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Old 08-05-11, 09:09 PM
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Blimey! I have got a long way to go,

Thanks very much for the list's Rob
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Old 12-07-11, 05:56 PM
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I've found a couple of General Service button oddities.

The first is a 13mm KC cap button without the lion on the crown

The second, a 17mm button has a very flat crown, could this be late Victorian?
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Old 09-02-12, 02:45 PM
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Default Cast locally made button

The left hand button shown in the pictures below is quite heavy and appears to be a locally made cast copy of a "W.H.HASELER BIRMINGHAM" 24mm button.

It shows a certain amount of shrinkage as you would expect, but I'm not sure of the purpose of the 4 indentations on the back?

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I just checked my odds and ends and have a 25mm KC unnamed but very well made .
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I just checked my odds and ends and have a 25mm KC unnamed but very well made .
Unnamed GS buttons are quite common, I wonder if they date from a particular period?

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Any chance of the cast button being a 'bazaar make' or one cast in the many Far Easter/African base workshops due to shortage of issues? Spent shell cases came very useful! It's quite a well known practice with badges?
The four indents could be from the mould.
Just an idea.
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Default black general service button WWII

Shown is a black economy WWII general service button, small size.
It is the same shank as the green general service buttons and black Civil Defense buttons.
This is the first one I have ever seen. Who used this button?
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Is it black plastic or black painted?

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It is now scratched ...
It seems a very hard lacquer. It is grayish underneath.
I am going to find a CD button and give it the same treatment.
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a few years ago a load of black dyed great coats turned up with economy GS buttons on, also dyed black.
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I've started an album of different manufacturers for this fairly common button, but obviously there are going to be a lot more, so what am I missing? Rob.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp?albumid=978
Hi Rob, thought you would like to see this.


Other types are 2nd photo
1st clear plastic
2nd leather
3rd black horn
4th green plastic

first photo
1st flat brass
2nd black horn
3rd brown plastic
4th Black painted green plastic
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Here is my list (72, UK & India)
A. & W. Ltd, B'ham
A.A. & Sons, Aligarh
Adams, B'ham
H. Allday, Birmingham
Armfield Ltd, Birmingham
E. Armfield & Co Ltd, Birmingham
Beddoes, B'ham
Chatur Bihari & Bros, Aligarh
Chatur Bihari & Bros, Aligarh U.P.
Bliss Bro's, Birmingham
Buttons Limited, Birmingham
Buttons Ltd, B'ham
Buttons Ltd, B'ham, <crossed swords>
C.H.C. & S. Ltd, B'ham
C.H.C. & S. Ltd, Birmingham
Cheney, B'ham
Cooke Bros Ltd, B'ham
Cooke Bros Ltd, Birmingham
Derverlea Products, B'ham
The Derverlea Products Ltd, B'ham
W. Dowler & Sons, Birmm
Wm. Dowler & Son Ltd, Birmm
Essor, B'ham
Firmin & Sons Ld, Birmingham
Firmin & Sons Ltd, London
Firmin Ld, London
Firmin, London
Gaunt, London
J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd, London
J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd, London Engd.
J.R. Gaunt & Son, London
G.E. Ltd, B'ham
Ed. Gill, Birmingham
Sydney Griffith, Birmingham
Haseler & Restall Ltd, Birmingham
W.H. Haseler Ltd, Birmingham
Hobson & Sons, Lexington St, London
Geo. W. Hughes, St. Pauls, Birmingham
Imperial M.W., Aligarh
Industries Mills, Aligarh
J.B.S. & S., B'ham
J.H. Johnson & Co, Aligarh U.P.
JP
Kenworthy's Ltd, Birmingham
J. Landau & Sons
Lion, B'ham
Morton & Crowder Ltd
Morton & Crowder Ltd, Birmingham
Newey Bros. Limited, Birmingham
Newey Brothers Ltd, Birmingham
Niwey Bros Limited, Birmingham
Player Bros, B.
G. Preston Ld, Birmingham
Made in England
Special Quality
Regal Button Works Ld, B'ham
S. & D. Ltd, B'ham
N.K. Sharma & Co, Aligarh
A. Shirley, B'ham
Smith & Wright Limited, Birmingham
Smith & Wright Ltd, B'ham
Stratton, B'ham
W. Twigg & Co Ltd, Birmingham
Waterbury Button Co
Watts & Horton, B'ham
W.C.C.B.
C. & J. Webb & Co, London
W. White, B'ham
Williams & Gray, B'ham
Wilmot-Breeden Ltd, Birmingham
W.L.M. Ltd, B'ham
Woolley & Co (Birmingham) Limd
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Gahdiner & co Glasgow
Sherlock & co London
Sir Peter Tait London
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