New Uniform Buttons

Commonwealth & Dominion Line

Backmark: Harveys London

The backmark relates to Harvey’s Naval outfitters.

Notice the “monochromatic designations” for the colours of the house flag on the button. The vertical stripes on the top-most cross represents red. The horizontal stripes on the other cross, blue, and the plain background, white.

See the recent story http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/4th-june-2022/

The Age (Melbourne), 26th December 1913 page 5.

The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 19th June 1914 page 14.

Sydney Mail, 17th October 1917 page 8. The C & D Line steamer Port Kemla was sunk by an internal explosion off the coast of New Zealand.

Union Steam Ship Co

See http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/new-zealand-button-history/#Union_Steam_Ship_Co

Not surprisingly, for a company that lasted for 125 years, there are multiple backmarks on uniform buttons for this firm.

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