Name/Title
Military ButtonsEntry/Object ID
2008.022.037Description
*Items in this accession number not individually accessioned and numbered.* Lot contains:
1 brass finding for a web belt
2 gold-coloured, non-tarnishing uniform buttons, with raised crest of Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, centred with the "ER" cypher and shank backplates marked "Wm Scully Ltd Montreal"
1 small brass uniform button with a spray of three maple leaves and a border reading "A Mari Usque Ad Mare". Shank backplate marked "G Lamond Montreal"
1 matte gold-coloured uniform button with raised king's crown and below, spray of three maple leaves and superimposed crossed swords. "Canada" below. [Canadian Army, prior to 1953?]. Shank backplate marked "Wm Scully Ltd Montreal".
1 two-holed tan plastic or bakelite button [trouser fly ?]
4 collar stud-type buttons, black japanned finish, with Greek key border design. Two have border interrupted by the word "Pilcher". Two have white metal clutch, one has no clutch and one has black japanned clutch with trademark symbol on base. [Studs opened by pulling on central area of button].
4 roughly-cut small, round pieces of thin leather with central hole, probably intended to be used with collar stud-type buttons. [nAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Beacon Community ServicesNotes
Accession Date: 23-Apr-08
Mode of Acquisition: giftLexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
buttons, military buttonsClass
Communications Objects - Personal Symbols - Status SymbolsCreated By
Jones, IsabelCreate Date
July 30, 2007Update Date
September 15, 2026