Buttons from the J.R. Gaunt and Son Pattern Book Archive

Customs Docks & Excise Badges, an interesting selection including waist belt plates to the Mysore Excise, Ceylon Excise (’D’ sections missing on both), female sections only to Uganda Customs and Gold Coast Customs Preventive Service, a large circular KC badge for Southern Nigeria Preventive Service, a heavy blackened brass brassard for the ‘Dublin Port & Docks Board 2nd Class Custom House Docks’ (complete with leather straps), a QVC glengarry style hat badge for H.M.Customs (VR centre) an eight pointed star badge with KC centre and H.M.Customs on the circle, two Edward VII Customs hat badges in gold thread and velvet on black backing the other in gilt metal blue and red enamels, a gilt and multi-enamelled badge for the Tyne Commissioner, a collar badge for the Madras Excise a white metal sew-on badge for the Liverpool Docks (Liver bird atop a fouled anchor) a lapel badge for ‘H.M. Coastguard Coast Life Saving Corps’ (damaged) two Trinity House badges, a QVC blackened brass hat badge for the Irish Lights a KC Coast Guards hat badge, a fine quality gilt and blue enamel hat badge for the Customs Service Republic of Liberia, an ‘uncut’ badge for the Dublin Port And Docks Board, a large oval cloth badge black with red lettering ‘Customs Porter 41 plus Turkish (?) script’ four small white metal buttons are attached bearing the star and crescent and Turkish (?) script, good overall condition some items require cleaning (21) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Buttons from the J.R. Gaunt and Son Pattern Book Archive.

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