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Posted 8 years ago
Amiar
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A beautifully detailed naval button...I Can't find any info on this button type....It has the initials HMQN on the front with a crown & an anchor... There is writing on the back....Green & Baker can be made out...
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Appears English. "HM --". His/Hers Own (?) Navy. Eng. military buttons are an easy search when you can read the maker's name. This is where you take over.
Hmm yep...that's obvious I would say with the crown & HMQN but I cannot find any info on HMQN & maybe it is not a button as such....maybe it came from some other piece of clothing...cheers.
Didn't look like a dinkle berry, so I guessed at a button. LOL !!
The reference I found for HMQN is "Her Majesty Queen Noor"........... see if there is a ship called this and perhaps the button is from a uniform from it......
Try researching via the maker's name.
Thanks all...I have researched all the above and find very little results but I will keep researching...something might come up...cheers
I'm not sure it is from an Arabic Navy Tassiedevil, because of the crown and the intitials HMQ...N but I did look that up & found no mention of a ship or navy...I'm thinking the N stands for Navy somehow, but nothing comes up yet...cheers
Hello Amiar.....no worries!! It sure does look Navy or Merchant Navy doesn't it!! Keep working on it......it will turn up one day when you least expect it LOL.......
Wow Amiar.....that is just amazing!!!! Who would have thought....Queensland !!!! Thanks so much for letting us know!!!!
Absolutely....TassieDevil....I am very grateful to all the comments...they put me onto the right track....many blessings
1888-1904
Green & Baker. Manufacturers of military & naval ornaments, clasps, buckles & belt furniture, livery crest, regimental & metal buttons, cycle accessories & tool makers; Albert Works, 25 Branston St
Queen's crown in the button means late Victorian, because the crown changed after her death.
Hi,
This a button from the Colonial Queensland Navy from around 1886 to 1902.
It reads Her Majesty's Queensland Navy.
They come in four sizes, as for a greatcoat to the side buttons of officer's caps and mess jackets.
If you wish to part with it, let me know.
A nice find!