Button Resource

[Peter Brydon]

This site has some good information on early military buttons:

http://asahelena.wix.com/militarybuttons

P.B.

[Silver Tourist]

Good morning.

Indeed. I (the "learned" one) posted the link here days ago in another thread, but it went over the heads of most. Still, if some people won't read a book, what hope is there of them reading anything else?

And don't we just know whose Site it is?

Enjoy.

S.T.

PS. I'll give a special prize to anyone who can complete the quotation.

[High Wood]

I claim my prize. 'Your Majesty is like a stream of bat's piss'.

As in:

JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER: Yes, thank you. Right, Your Majesty is like a stream of bat's piss. (gasps)

THE PRINCE OF WALES: What?

JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER: It was one of Wilde's.

OSCAR WILDE: It sodding was not! It was Shaw!

THE PRINCE OF WALES: Well, Mr. Shaw?

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW:I, um, I, ah, I merely meant, Your Majesty, that, ah, you shine out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXZJF0-d_M8

[Peter Brydon]

Originally Posted by Silver Tourist

Good morning.

Indeed. I (the "learned" one) posted the link here days ago in another thread, but it went over the heads of most. .

S.T.

Apologies,

when I tried the link when your post first appeared it didn't seem to work, I found the site yesterday when searching on military buttons however there is an old saying " it aint what you say, its the way that you say it "

I don't know who the owner of the button site is, could it be someone with legal training, connections with Russian Royalty and someone who has the world record for the number of times of being banned from this site, or am I miles off ?

P.B.

[badger123]

Peter,

Having seen the button site crop up on a metal detecting forum I frequent, it appears its run by someone called Steve.

Ivan

[Peter Brydon]

Thanks Ivan,

In that case I don't know who Steve is.

Peter

[High Wood]

No sign of my prize then? I was expecting a book token at the very least.