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Description: | BAKER & CO LD LONDON
Button worn on the uniform of the shipping company British India Steam Navigation Company. Gilt brass domed button with rope twist border.
Standing image of Britannia in front of a lion, facing left. Lion holds one paw on a globe. Raised 'B.I.S.N. Co.' above. All on flat ground.
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed 'BAKER & CO LD LONDON'.
Reference to the button can be found in ?Buttons: A Guide for Collectors? by Gwen Squire 1972 (No. 10, Plate 84).
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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