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20 years is re-assuring. BP & Co were indeed Bent Parker who were taken over by Gaunts around 1920 (according to Linaker & Dines Cavalry arm badge book). If you look at the slider stamp thread you'll see my 12th London with a Jennens & Co. stamp which came from a similar source as I mentioned above. The seller here told me he worked in the B'Ham factories and used to collect ex-display badges and this was one of them. The font is very similar. |
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Bent & Parker are always marked B&P occasionally with Co or & Co after, they were taken over by Gaunt in 1916.
Fattorini hardly made any military badges except the 1WW vol units, otherwise lapel badges etc - they are still going strong. J |
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Cheers Malc
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Thanks Malc, variations never surprise me these days !
Interesting to know they were Bham AND London too |
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Has anyone come across a firm of makers called
Pitt & Swatkin. They appear in a Min of Supply wartime badge contracts ledger. It sounds possible that it was a (?temporary) union of Charles Pitt (best known as button manufacturers) and Swatkins (founded 1898 still exists as a silverware firm acc website) |
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Makers Mark
Hi All,
I have in my collection a Officer ASC silver and gilt badge with the numeral 4 on the back center.Any suggestions as to what it represents or makers name. Regards Bantam. |
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A fake WD mark. Truly fake as I don't believe that it was ever used on badges. The badge is allegedly a 2nd Vb Norfolks.
Alan |
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I've got an RA beret badge with slider marked BUTTONS LTD B'HAM and a RAOC badge with slider marked BUTTONS LTD BIRMINGHAM. Will try to get scans of these to add to the grouping.
Any ideas about this maker? Dean |
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Maker Marks
Mr Administratior and All!
A directory of Makers Marks will be a great tool for the Badge Collectors. As a suggestion - One directory containing all makers marks divided by country of use. British, Canadian, Australian and New Zeeland badges all seem to have used the same Makers Mark, what makes this a great reference is the information on "Which Makers Mark, In Which Style, is on What Badge of What country" . The two Maker Mark (British/CEF) pages on the site home page could be combined together as one subject containing (at present) two countries. What will be interesting to find out - did a "MAKER" use the same ID plate, inscription, stamp ... for different countries. I suspect so! Thanks
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Here are the two BUTTONS LTD marks. Afraid the RA one is hard to see, but the RAOC one comes across pretty good.
Dean |
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...and here is a MARPLES & BEASLEY / BIRMINGHAM slider on an AAC badge...
Also, I have several Australian & Canadian badges (Scottish) badges with maker marks - are these of interest as well?? Dean |
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Thanks Alan - good info to know! Helps narrow down the dates of them.
Dean |
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L B & B???
Have a Scottish Yeomanry badge with the mark L B & B (never noticed it before) - is this London Badge & Button ?
Thanks, Dean Last edited by erracht; 19-03-08 at 02:23 AM. |
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Yes.
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