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Buttons as used on military uniforms in Australia. |
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| AMF button with KC & "no borders" map | AMF button with QC & "borders" map | General Officer's button |
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| Set of four WW2 Australian army buttons with full range from greatcoat to officer cap sizes. |
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Until
the late 1960s buttons were issued in metals that needed polishing.
Obviously it was not viable to remove all the buttons from a uniform on
each occasion that the buttons lost their shine. (With brass that took
about 24 hours). This was the way around the problem.
This is a brass protector for sliding behind buttons on a uniform so that the buttons can be cleaned or polished without getting the Brasso brand cleaner onto the uniform. It is marked Stokes & Sons, and comes with its original leather case marked Timbers 1934 plus a broad arrow (this marks it as official issue). |
| Each Sovereign has his/her own special "mark" called a cypher. In the UK it is common to use the cypher of the reigning monarch on a General Service button. Some are shown below. | |
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| Victoria | Victoria (Imp Crown variation) |
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| Edward VII | George V |
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George VI |
Elizabeth II |
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Australian Intelligence Corps buttons. |
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| 2 variations of a Rifle Unit button, possibly British possibly Australian Colonial/pre WW1. | |
| This category is based on research done by J K Cossum and published in his book "Buttons of the Defence Forces of Australia" ISBN 0-7316-3083-1 |
