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Catalog of button
backmarks
S Buckley & Co., Birmingham England
Samuel Buckley & Co was an established English producer, their backmark was used only on Confederate staff and general service buttons.
Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.
Buckley01 (22mm)
Backmark: "S. BUCKLEY & Co / (dot) BIRMINGHAM (dot) " dm outer ring of
dots, inner solid ring, English producer.
Tice page 171, item count 1 [C1-3], with modification
Examples with this backmark:
B4627
Confederate general
service, "CSA", English imported button (22.3mm)
Ref: Albert CS81A, Tice CSG203A1
Buckley99
(22.5mm)
Backmark: "S. BUCKLEY & Co / (dot) BIRMINGHAM (dot) " dm outer
ring of dots, inner solid ring. Mark is similar to the original but
employs a distinct modern font style without serifs, believed to be English
produced for the 1960's centennial.
1960's centennial repro
Examples with this backmark:
B4764
Confederate "CSA" button, POSTWAR (22mm)
Ref: Albert CS81 similar,
1960's centennial repro
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