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Military
named regiments and RAF |
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Royal
Artillery Post 1795 |
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Officer
& O/R's - 1831-1840 |
Selection
of types |
Officer
& O/R's - 1873-1901 |
Generic
Issue - 2nd Pattern Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802 |
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Officer
& O/R's - 1831-1840 |
Generic
Issue - 2nd Pattern Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802 |
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Generic
Issue - 2nd Pattern Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802 |
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Generic
Issue - 2nd Pattern Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802 |
Generic
Issue - 2nd Pattern Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802 |
Royal
Horse Artillery Generic Issue Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901 |
Cap
bage |
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Royal
Horse Artillery Generic Issue Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901 |
Royal
artillery button |
Royal Artillery button Dates
- 1840 - 1855 |
Royal
Artillery button |
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O/R's - 1855-1873 Royal Artillery 1860-1912 |
Royal
Horse Artillery Generic Issue Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901 |
Royal Horse Artillery 1888-1889 |
1795
Pattern Royal Artillery |
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1795
Pattern Royal Artillery |
Royal
Horse Artillery Generic Issue
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Royal
Horse Artillery Generic Issue
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Generic
Issue - 2nd Pattern Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802 |
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Royal Horse Artillery
1888-1889 |
1795
Pattern Royal Artillery |
1890 General Service button |
Royal Army Service Corp |
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1855 on Scotts Guards |
19thC The Royal Staffordshire Reg |
GR Military button sent of for ID - not in books |
1839-1849 The Essex Regiment Back Mark - J Samuel London W1 |
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Royal Fusiliers - not checkd books yet |
Royal fusiliers button |
Scots guards button |
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General
Service & Named Regiments |
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General
service button 1902-1952 |
General
service button 1902-1952 |
Royal
Corps Of Signals (with Lettering) - 1920-1947 |
General
service button 1902-1952 |
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General
service button 1902-1952 |
General
service button 1902-1952 |
General
service button 1902-1952 |
Licestershire
Regiment button |
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"...
Corps of Loyal Colchester Volunteers," raised in consequence of
the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. The total amount raised
by this subscription was 1,392 ". A rare button indeed |
Army Ordnance Corp button Ordeance ? |
Royal
Welsh Fusiliers button 1881- 1920 |
1855
on - Coldstream guards button |
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Royal
Signals Regiment button 1921-46 |
7th
Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), 1855-1922 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment George the Sixth 1936-1952 |
Royal Engineers Officer
& O/R's - 1937-1952 |
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The
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 1881-1961 |
Army
Cadet Force |
Volunteers
army button |
Royal
Engineers button |
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Essex
Regiment button |
Early
one piece military button with Royal fusiliers type motif |
Northamptonshire
Regiment |
Volunteer
Engineer button |
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Bedfordshire
button |
1876-1894 Jelialabad button for the Essex regiment |
WWII
Irish regiment |
Early
one piece Dragoon Guards button |
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Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire button |
Royal
Engineer Department Officer
& O/R's - 1837-1855 |
Coldstream Guards Officer
- 1800-1820 |
Royal
Engineers button |
 
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Royal
Engineer Department Officer & O/R's - 1837-1855 |
Coldstream
Guards Officer - 1855- |
The
Dorsetshire Regiment |
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Grenadier
Guards Officer
- 1820-1829 |
Volunteer
Engineer button |
Grenadier
Guards Officer
- 1820-1829 |
The
Kings (Shropshire Light infantry) |
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The
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Reg't |
Republic
of Ireland Army 1920 |
Republic
of Ireland Army 1920 - Officers button |
Republic
of Ireland Army 1920 |
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WWI
Machine gun corp - 1915-1922 |
7th
Queen's Own Hussars Officer - 1861-1866 |
Coldstream
Guards |
The Royal Staffordshire Reg 1881 |
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General
service button 1902-1952 |
Military
Police |
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WWI
Machine gun corp - 1915-1922 lapel button |
Coldstream Guards Officer
- 1800-1820 |
George
VI Royal Engineers button |
Colchester
Volunteers button |
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WWII
Royal Army service corp |
The Queens Lancers 1855 7th Lancers or 7th/11th Lancers In use
by 1881 Smith & Wright - Birmingham |
1920's
Irish Army |
The
Kings (Shropshire Light infantry) |
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French
artillery after 1914-18 |
1920's
onwards Irish Army button |
1920's
onwards Irish Army button |
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Essex regiment 1907-1959 |
1920's
onwards Irish Army button |
Royal
Engineer Department
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Leicester
Regiment ? Not in the reference books |
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Essex regiment 1907-1959 |
WWII
The Royal Sussex Regiment |
WWII 5th Dragoon guards Firmin London |
1839-1849 The Essex Regiment Back Mark - J Samuel London W1 |
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19th Leicestershire 'Volonteers' Not in the books
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1881 Grenadier Guards Smith
& Wright |
1940-1948 J R Gaunt
& Son Ltd |
WWII General service cuff button Firmin |
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Grenadier
Guards ? 1832-1912 |
1895-1915 5th Dragoon guards Firmin & Sons Ltd London |
The Kings Shrophire Light Infantry Pre 1947 |
Worcestershire
Reg't - 1909 - 1970 |
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"...
Corps of Loyal Colchester Volunteers," raised in consequence of
the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. The total amount raised
by this subscription was 1,392 ". A rare button indeed' |
1881- 1956 Manchester Regiment |
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Essex regiment 1907-1959 Buttons Ltd Birmingham |
1855 on Scotts Guards |
WWII
Royal Engineers |
ROYAL
MARINES This button dates 1923 - 1952 O/R's Tunic Button Maker = Smith & Wright, B'ham RMLI & RMA merged in 1923 |
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Womens
Royal Army Corps, post 1949 |
Royal
Engineer Department
In use
by 1881 Smith & Wright - Birmingham |
1888-1889 Smith & Wright Ltd - Birmingham |
Derbyshire 15th Volunteers 'Raised - 1860 to 1887 when it was renamed the 1st Vol' Batt'n Sherwood Foresters'. Unknown maker W.Fernet Noogth Derby |
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Pre
1947 The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry) |
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The Northamptonshire Regiment 1888-1889 |
Irish Volunteers Reg |
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Royal Corp of transport |
Royal Harwich Volunteers button - not in any books Back mark Treble gilt |
5th Dragoon Guards
Early
20th C |
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The Royal Regiment 1840 |
The Dorsetshire Regiment Mid 20th C |
Grenadier
Guards
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15th The Kings Royal Hussars- this type not in ref books |
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Military button - not checked ref books yet |
Royal Ordnance Corp
Firmin and Sons London Early 20th C |
20thC Irish Volunteers P & T |
Unknown maker - Jackson 30 Gracechurch St London |
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Not checked ref books yet |
Royal Engineer Department
In use by 1881 Smith & Wright - Birmingham |
Military button - not checked ref books yet |
The
Rifle Brigade lead mount |
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Scots Fusilier Guards ( Scots Guards ) Officer - 1856-1877 |
York
& Lancaster Regiment - In use from 1881 |
Victorian Generic Military HQ Staff Officer Smith & Wright 1840 -81 |
Pre 1947 The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry)
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Victoria Royal Engineers button Officer & O/R's - 1856-1901 |
Unrecorded Buckingham shire Back mark J Gaunt & Sons London 1899 onwards |
Great condition General service Army button - From 1890 |
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Air
force |
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Heavily
gilded Royal airforce button |
GVI
R2540 Royal airforce button |
GVI
R2540 Royal Air |
WWII
Royal air force |
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WWII
RAF button |
Air
training corp |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
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WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
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WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII Royal air force BM 20thC
Cheney |
WWII Royal air force Turner & Sons Birmingham |
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Royal Air Force 1907-1959 Buttons Ltd Birmingham |
Royal
Air Force
Mid 20th
C |
Royal Air Force Special quality |
WWII Royal Air Force W Twigg
& Co Ltd |
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It's in poor shape but it's a great find , the first 1912 -18 Royal Flying Corp button found here - Pre Royal Air force |
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