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Button, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)
Button worn on the uniform of the shipping company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Gilt brass domed button with rope twist outer border and raised inner border. Crest of rayed sun with foul anchor below on lined ground.
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed 'FIRMIN & SONS 153 STRAND & 15 CONDUIT ST LONDON'.
Reference to the button can be found in ‘Buttons: A Guide for Collectors’ by Gwen Squire 1972 (No. 18, Plate 85).
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed 'FIRMIN & SONS 153 STRAND & 15 CONDUIT ST LONDON'.
Reference to the button can be found in ‘Buttons: A Guide for Collectors’ by Gwen Squire 1972 (No. 18, Plate 85).
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