City of Melbourne Button

[BCCU]

I purchased this lovely button the other day. It is clearly marked City of Melbourne. It is back marked Stokes and Sons Melbourne. It does not appear in Cossums wonderful Buttons of Australian Defence Force. My question to any knowledgable military / button collectors is - is it a transport button or a City of Melbourne Regiment button? Any assistance greatly received. Thank you.

[davidwyke]

I would think that it was worn by city employees of some kind, rather than military. That's nothing more than a guess though!

David

[ebro]

My guess would be the same, but it is still a nice button.
Eddie

[BCCU]

Originally Posted by ebro

My guess would be the same, but it is still a nice button.
Eddie

I found this Badge "City of Melbourne Regiment". 6th Infantry Battalion 1930-1942 on the internet - seems to match the button nicely.

[badgecollector]

Originally Posted by BCCU

I found this Badge "City of Melbourne Regiment". 6th Infantry Battalion 1930-1942 on the internet - seems to match the button nicely.

hi bccu
yes it does match the badge but the button is not military. Im with the others. a city official, maybe even city of melb band?
bc

[davidwyke]

Hi

As far as buttons worn by Australian infantry regts are concerned, although there were many different buttons in use during the volunteer period as far as I know they all (officially at least) wore the "general service" patterns from soon after the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901. These started off with the royal cypher pattern and then changed around 1914 to the "map" pattern, which were worn until the early - mid 1950's. I think some regimental buttons were then introduced. So, as far as I know, there were no regimental buttons being worn when the cap badge above was in use, unless any were being worn unofficially.
So, I'm still inclined to think it's civilian rather than military.

Having said all that, I'm no expert on Australian insignia or anything else for that matter so feel free to correct me anyone!


David

Forgot to mention - when some regt buttons were introduced they were all anodised so it's not one of those....

[ebro]

It is a lovely button but I still think it is more Melbourne City Council than Military.
If it was city then I think they had a much nicer logo then than they have now.
Eddie

[btns]

A similar button design is known to exist. It was also presumed civilian.
It has the same crest and left and right script letters C.M.

[BCCU]

Dear Gents,
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. I really appreciate the time and information you have provided.
Cheers
BCCU

[badgecollector]

hi bccu
I have it on good authority from the actual source,

"City of Melbourne, as it says. One of four designs that I'm aware of. It was worn by uniformed staff, like parking inspectors, and doormen and staff ushering at Council meetings, etc."

cheers
bc