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Old 28-06-20, 07:45 PM
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What about GAUNT LONDON ENG ?


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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
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Old 05-07-20, 03:24 PM
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Anyone, any thoughts on the use of this back stamp?


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Old 05-07-20, 04:16 PM
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Hi Frank

I went through my Gaunt buttons recently to see if the different back marks could be linked to different eras, the only two "J.R.GAUNT & SON LONDON ENG" were both Officers medium sized which made me wonder if it was an abbreviation to fit on a smaller area, but looking at them again there are two dots after the "ENG" one of which which may be a tiny "D"?

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The Queens (West Surry) pre 1909
The West Yorkshire Reg (POW Own) post 1936

So pretty inconclusive datewise too.

Rob
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Old 05-07-20, 06:49 PM
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Hi Frank, in my limited searches for gaunt buttons for the line regiments, I have not come across this mark. Hopefully a real button person will come along with some info

cheers, Tim



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Old 05-07-20, 06:54 PM
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What about GAUNT LONDON ENG ?
I have found it on 9 buttons, most of them are these small mounted mess dress buttons
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Old 06-07-20, 07:39 AM
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Okay, many thanks gentlemen, I think I can reasonably assume that the use of this particular back stamp is likely to have been brought about by the size of the particular buttons upon which it was used, rather than anything else.
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