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Catalogues, Letters and Advertisements
with one or two relics to follow.
 
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Manufacturers
The Army & NavyStores Ltd.
The South American Handbook Trade & Travel pub. Ltd. 1951.
W.S.Burns  Aberdeen.
Obituary [The] Aberdeen  Press & Journal  Wed. 31 August 1931
Courtesy of Maria Henderson Aberdeen Library
.
Hobson & Sons  London.
Advertisement from : British Red Cross Society First Aid Manual
No1.  James Cantile. 2nd ed. Cassell & Co. Ltd London 1918
and another   from: Fire  Protection Year Book 1962 also appears in
the 1952 volume but with a different typeface.
Masters & Co.  Cardiff.  Extracts from a book titled: Ports of
the Bristol  Channel dated 1893
Norman McCleod.   Fire Protection Year  Book 1962
Pipe & McGill Ltd.
Incorporating     Shirley Brooks Ltd.   The Gunner Advertisement
Stephen Simpson(est. 1829) Ltd. Preston.  
Letter dated 9th July 1985 : Incidentally, I was using preformatted
letters & sent one asking about Samuel.Bros. Kind of them to
respond at all under thecircumstances...Taylors & Perrys
Birmingham Directory 1812 .
Samuel Brothers(St.Paul's) Ltd.
London. Letter dated 2nd August 1985 fate of companies early
records & a particularly helpful letterhead.
Uniform Clothing & Equipment Co.  London.  
Advertisement from : British Red Cross Society First Aid Manual
No1.  James Cantile. 2nd ed. Cassell & Co. Ltd London 1918
Wathen Gardiner& Co.  Bristol.  
From: Fire Protection Year Book 1962.
CharlesAllcard
Advert Sheffield  Post Office Directory 1859  
C. W. Cheney& Son Ltd.  Birmingham.
Letter dated 9th July 1985. In response to my query with regard to
General Service buttons alias Universal Pattern for Privates.
William Dowler& Sons Ltd.   Birmingham.
Letter dated 17th July '85: helpful letterhead.
Archive, (sort of).
JohnCope
Post Office Directory 1859 images/johncope.jpg
Thomas FattoriniLtd.

Trophies & Medals

Company History  

Golf

Livery

Medals

Buttons & Buckles

With thanks for the .pdf  files courtesy of the  company; reproduced  
here with their kind  permission, they remain the copyright  of  the
company.
James Grove& Sons Ltd.
Letter to H.C.Marshall M.B.E.  dated 24th February 1981: identifying
& sizing, State Registered Nurses button.

Pictures (mine) of the SRN button.

Pictures (mine) of the  QVR button.

Letter to H.C.Marshall    M.B.E.  dated 27th February 1981:
identifying & dating, Queen Victoria Rifles button & State Registered
Nurses button.
The London Badge &   Button Company Ltd.
Catalogue:











These imagesare reproduced here by kind permission and remain
the copyright of the company.
J.R. Gaunt
& Sons Ltd.
Letter dated 21  June 1985: some company history; manufacture of
button backs; reference to samples:

1  strip stamping &cutting of brass backs.

2  separated brass backs.

3 aluminium backs & fronts with one RAF button ready to be


Extracts from undated Co.catalogue in Birmingham Library.

Extracts from undated Co.catalogue in my collection





Open Letter dated 19thFebruary 1991announcing thepurchase of
Gaunt by Firmins
Geen, Cadbury & Richards
Hulley's Birmingham Directory 1876
Advertisement .            
Wrightson & Webb B'ham Directory  1846

Shalders'  Birmingham  Directory 1854

Taylors & Perry's   Birmingham Directory  1812