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Button, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)
Button worn on the uniform of the shipping company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Domed white metal button with rope twist outer border and raised inner border. Crest of rayed sun with foul anchor below on lined ground.
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed 'BUTTONS LTD B’HAM' with their trademark of crossed swords.
Reference to the button can be found in ‘Buttons: A Guide for Collectors’ by Gwen Squire 1972 (No. 18, Plate 85).
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed 'BUTTONS LTD B’HAM' with their trademark of crossed swords.
Reference to the button can be found in ‘Buttons: A Guide for Collectors’ by Gwen Squire 1972 (No. 18, Plate 85).
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Object Details
| ID: | UNI6386.1 |
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| Type: | Button |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Buttons Limited |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| People: | Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 19 mm |
| Parts: |
Button, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) (Button)
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