Button worn on the uniform of the shipping company Chesapeake & Ohio Steamship Company. Gilt brass domed button with a rope twist outer border and raised blue enamel (blue garter with buckle) inner border with writing in gold colour – CHESAPEAKE & OHIO SS Co LTD
Raised rectangular red flag (indicated by vertical shading) with intertwined C&O on lined ground.
On the reverse of the button the maker is inscribed: J.R. GAUNT & SON BIRMINGHAM

Reference to the button can be found in ‘Buttons: A Guide for Collectors’ by Gwen Squire 1972 (No. 5, Plate 81).