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Police, fire, railway, buses, Local Government buttons |
Revolutionary War 1789 Eagle Button Washington
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Railways,
Trams & Buses |
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The Great
Eastern Railway button |
London Midland and Scottish Railway Company 1907-1959 |
Eastern
Railways button |
London and North East Railways 1907-1959 |
Northern
Railways button |
Stevenson's
rocket button - worlds first ever steam train |
Eastern
Counties bus company button |
North
Eastern Railway button |
Stevenson's
rocket button - worlds first ever steam train |
North
Eastern Railway button(b) |
Eastern
Railways button |
Railways
button |
Manchester
- 'Ship, Canal Railways' button |
Southern
Railways button |
UK -
Britain Huddersfield Corporation Tramways 1883 - 1940 General Staff Maker - Unknown |
Manchester
Corporation Tramways button |
Southend on Sea Corporation transport Trolley
Buses - 1925 - 1954 Special Quality |
Manchester
Transport Corporation |
Warrington
Corporation Tramways |
London and North East Railways 1907-1959 |
20thC
Large and small Great Western Railways buttons
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London
North East Railways |
Chatham
Railway rally button |
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Midland Railway button J Gaunt and Sons Ltd London From 1899 |
Newport
Corporation Transport |
Colchester
Corporation button |
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Maidenhead Volunteer Fire Brigade, pre WW1. |
19thC Gt Eastern railway and steamship button |
Chatham and Dover Railway London |
Northern
Railways button |
20thC Eastern Counties bus company button |
Great western railways button |
Great western railways button | London and North Eastern Railways button |
Midland and Scottish Railway company button |
County Borough of newport tramways button
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London and Chatham railway button
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20thC British rail button
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Great Eastern Railways button |
19thC North Eastern railways button | 19thC North Eastern railways button |
19thC London and North East railways button |
Stevenson's
rocket button - worlds first ever steam train |
The Great Eastern railway button The Eastern Counties Railway opened in 1839. In 1862 it amalgamated with three other companies, to form the Great Eastern Railway |
CVWC ? | Great Western Railways button |
19thC London Docklands button | 19thC South Eastern railways button | CM ? | North Eastern Railways button |
Great western railways button | 1859- 1923 Chatham and Dover Railways button | Great Western railways button | Stevenson's rocket railway button Worlds first ever steam train |
Eastern Railways button | 20thC British rail button | 20thC British rail button | North Eastern Railways button |
20thC British rail button | 20thC British rail button | 20thC British rail button | 1862- 1918 Gt Eastern railway and Steam ships button |
20thC British rail button | 20thC British rail button | 20thC British rail button | London Midland and Scottish railway company button The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 |
19thC Eastern Railway and steam ship company | Tramways button | 19thC Eastern counties Railways button | 1840 Brighton and South Co Railways line - London button |
20thC London North Eastern Railways button | British railways button | Victorian railway button | 20thC British railway button |
20thC British Rail button | Victorian North Eastern Railways button | 'G. Eastern Railway and Steam ships C.' The Great Eastern Railway ordered three steamships to operate the service. The ships were named Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna to publicise some of the rail connections from the Hook of Holland. Berlin was built in 1894 by Earles Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Hull. |
Button; displaying the "Tramways" roundel, as issued to the Underground Group's tramway staff, 1924 -1933 |
Victorian Northern Railways button | London and North Eastern Railway button | The Great Eastern Railway button | Victorian North Eastern Railways button |
Police buttons
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Newark
Police button |
Hull Police Early 20thC Firmin and Son Ltd London |
Lancaster
police button(c) |
Essex police button |
19thC Essex Constabulary button |
Police button |
WWII Air Raid patrol button | Police Force button |
Thames Police button | Police button | Victorian Metropolitan police button | They were uniform buttons for prison wardens. Convicts were transported to West Australia (for the most part) from 1850 to 1868. The front has a Queen Victoria crown (1837-1901) as well as the words ‘Convict prison’. |
Victorian Colchester Police button | Portsmouth City Police | ||
Local
Govt and others |
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19thC London County Council
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19thc
London District Post Office button |
Staleybridge, Hyde, Mossely and Dukinfield Joint Transport Board |
World
button |
Probably
a Generic Police Button of Royal Parks etc. 1902-1952 |
1747 School Button |
City
of London - COA's |
USA Post
Office Dep't |
Cherub
with wings button with latin inscription |
Colchester
Corporation button |
Neat
button with crown and Portcullis design(x) |
WWII
Civil defence button |
North
Western company button |
20thC ABC cinema button |
1696
Fire office hand in hand button |
Fire
Office the Strand (London) button |
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1714 dated button Union Society |
Ipswich
corporation button |
1938- 1941 Auxiliary Fire Service button |
Victorian
Royal Court, One of which is . . . Officer at Arms, Earl Marshal of England (r) |
Guardian Insurance company 1876-1894 |
Great dated button
- 1747 'Mr W Naggs's Charity' |
County of Essex
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1624 E. LATYMERS ALMS BOYS During the 17th century important charities were founded for schools and for alms-houses. Latymer school was established under the will of Edward Latymer dated 1624 Latymer school catered only for boys but in 1778 a girls' charity school was started in Edmonton
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'E.Edwards Charity button' 1721-1942 By will proved 1871 Edward Edwards left stock for gifts of bread, coal, or clothing, to Church of England widows of Coalbrookdale parish. In 1975 the income of his charity, which included a bequest of Elizabeth Edwards, was £10. From: 'Madeley: Charities for the poor', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford (1985), pp. 76-77. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18075 Date accessed: 12 April 2009. |
Gresham Club button The London Capital Club building was purpose built for the Gresham Club in 1915 when they moved from their old location in St. Swithins Lane. The Gresham Club, named after Sir Thomas Gresham, a noted Elizabethan dignitary and founder of the Royal Exchange, was founded in 1843. |
Assurance button
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General post office button |
Really neat 1824 dated gilded button |
19thC Office of Bounty charity button |
19thC Colchester club button |
1710 Charity button | City of Westminster London button | GPO button | St Johns Ambulance Brigade button |
General Post Office button | 19thC Colchester Corporation button | 20thC Portsmouth Corporation button | 19thC Corporation button |
20thC Colchester transport button | 19thC Norwich Union Society Insurance company button |
Essex county button | AA GB |
19thC corporation button | 20thC corporation button | Cadet button | Glascow Corporation Transport 1st July 1894 - all lines owned by the Corporation but previously leased to the GT&OCoLtd |
20th C 'The City Bank' button | 1904 - 1937 London Fire Brigade button | Glascow Corporation Transport 1st July 1894 - all lines owned by the Corporation but previously leased to the GT&OCoLtd |
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Victorian General Post Office button | 20thC corporation button | 20thC corporation button | 19thC St Patricks Charity button |
20thC corporation button | Post Office button | 20thC corporation button | **ALDERGATE ? Post Office button ? |
Essex Corporation button | Button with crown - use by General Post Office | Victorian 'Bank of London' button | Victorian corporation button |
London and County Bank button Established as the Surrey, Kent and Sussex Banking Company in 1836. Renamed as this in 1839. Acquired Limited Liability in 1866. Merged with the London & Westminster Bank in 1909 to form London, County & Westminster Bank Limited. |
20thC corporation button | Wilwall London corporation button | Victorian corporation button |
Victorian Post Office button | Huge Insurance company button | 19thC Colchester Corporation button | 19thC Corporation button |
Bloomfield & Co Colchester mount | Victorian corporation button | Victorian Fire Brigade button | Corporation button |
Victorian 'Shipping Office' button Longacre London |
Corporation button - 'Sapernter' | Glasgow Corporation Transport 1st July 1894 - all lines owned by the Corporation but previously leased to the GT&OCoLtd |
Victorian Essex Corporation button |
Society of Ancient Britons The Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons in existant from 1715 until the end of the 81th century |
Victorian corporation button | Button with castle | Victorian corporation button |
Essex corporation button | London and South Western Bank button Established in 1862. Amalgamated with London & Provincial Bank Ltd under the title of London Provincial & South Western Bank Limited 31st December 1917. |
Unknown button with RAG on a fist ? | |
1803 Imperial Fire Insurance Company button |
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Unknown
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Queens crown Police button? | |||