Around the World with One Button
An Australian themed button made by a French company sold by a German trader to an American Collector! It says “Blue Mountain Sydney”.
Although it does not show clearly in the photos, there is a backmark of an “anchor and bomb”; the mark of Coinderoux who bought out Trenton, Weldon & Weil in 1904 and traded until around 2008. It was then taken over by Janvier.
Although the lady who bought it wondered if it was a park ranger’s button, I think it must be a souvenir button, as rangers would have one with the name of the government department on it, e.g. http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/14th-may-2021/
I contacted Janvier, but they had no records relating to this design. Doe anyone know about his button? Do you have any other ‘foreign’ Australian souvenir buttons?
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Knox Grammar School Cadets
Backmarks Small: Stokes & Sons, Princes of Wales plumes. Large Stokes & Sons Melb
Knox Grammar opened in 1924 in Wahroonga, Sydney as a day and boarding school. it has run a cadet program since 1929, with girls from the sister school of Ravenswood eligible for the last decade.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 21st August 1923 page 9.