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  • Police, fire, railway, buses, Local Government buttons
    Revolutionary War 1789 Eagle Button Washington
    Railways, Trams & Buses
    The Great Eastern Railway button

    London Midland and Scottish Railway Company

    1907-1959
    Buttons Ltd
    Eastern Railways button

    London and North East Railways

    1907-1959
    Buttons Ltd [crossed swords trademark]
    Birmingham

    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
    Buttons Ltd [crossed swords trademark]
    Birmingham

    20thC Large and small Great Western Railways buttons
    London North East Railways
    Chatham Railway rally button

    Midland Railway button

    J Gaunt and Sons Ltd London

    From 1899
    Newport Corporation Transport
    Colchester Corporation button
    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
    London and Chatham railway button
    20thC British rail button
    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  

     

    Police buttons

     
    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

    19thC London County Council
    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

    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
    Firmin & Sons Ld
    153 Strand London

    Great dated button - 1747 'Mr W Naggs's Charity'
    County of Essex

    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

     

    '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
    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
    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
           
           

    1803 Imperial Fire Insurance Company button
           
    Unknown buttons
           
    Queens crown Police button?