A die-formed three-piece copper-alloy uniform button of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway; circular; hollow; convex front; flat back; machine-crimped joint; simple looped shank (missing); An Imperial crown with the letters 'SE & CR' above and a wreath bellow, all within a roped border; no backmark.

A die-stamped three-piece copper-alloy uniform button of The Cheshire Lines Committee; Circular; hollow; convex front; flat back; crimped joint; separate fitted wire shank; inscribed script letters CLC; unsure if backmarked due to condition.

A uniform Button, probably of the Chicago & Alton Railroad/Railway Company; die-formed; three-piece construction with crimped joint and separate fitted shank; circular; hollow; flat front; flat back; a monogram of the letters C&A Co; back marked AM.B. CO Extra Quality.

A die-formed three-piece copper-alloy uniform button with separate fitted shank; circular; hollow; flat with raised rim; crimped joint; initials MFB in ornamental Gothic letters across the field; simple looped wire shank; backmarked FIRMIN & SONS Ld LONDON. Firmins became a limited company in 1875. Notwithstanding the Kent findspot, the button appears to have been made for the Manchester Fire Brigade.

A die-formed three-piece General Post Office uniform button with separate fitted shank; circular; hollow; convex front; flat back, crimped joint; simple looped wire shank; GPO cipher with a crown above

A uniform button of the London County Council*: die-formed; three-piece construction with crimped joint and separate fitted shank; circular; hollow; convex front; flat back; a monogram of the letters LCC; backmarked J R GAUNT & SON LTD LONDON ENGLD. The backmark was in use between 1899 and 1991. The monogram design is pre 1965. * An identical button in the reference cited below is attributed to the London County Council Ambulance Service. However, the monogram appears to include only the letters LCC, and the Council was also responsible for other services, including a network of tramways.

A die-stamped two-piece uniform button with separate brazed/soldered wire shank; circular; flat; uncertain initials, probably including H, M, R, and possibly T, in monogram; backmarked: FIRMIN LONDON; gilded overall.

A die-stamped two-piece uniform button of the Midland Bank, originally with separate brazed/soldered shank, now missing; circular; slightly convex front with raised rim; flat back; two conjoined shields above the motto VIS UNITA FORTIOR (United Strength is Stronger), all below a monogram of L J C & M B LTD (London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd); backmarked H & W TOWELL CO LTD LONDON. The Midland Bank was founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in 1836, and established a presence in London in 1891, when it acquired the Central Bank of London. The button depicts the bank's own shield of arms (right) and the shield of arms of the City of London (left). The name 'London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd' was used between 1918 and 1923.