Sportclay Posted December 3, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 3, 2014 I have had little luck with identifying these 2 buttons on internet searches. Since I had such good luck with the folks on this forum I'll try again. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted December 4, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 4, 2014 First one is US Coast & Geodetic Survey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dag Posted December 4, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 4, 2014 Top button: Coast and Geodetic Survey (part of the Dept of Commerce). This is FD57 in Alberts book. Don't recognize the bottom one. Maybe non-military. Or non-US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportclay Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted December 4, 2014 Thank you gentlemen! I should have shown this to my father as he spent 3 years after WW2 working for the USGS as a surveyor. Perhaps he might have recognised it. The un-ID'd button I thought would have thought was US. There are numerous buttons in this collection that are WW2 Dutch, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Scottish and English. Appreciate your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxcomm Posted October 23, 2021 Share #5 Posted October 23, 2021 The second set of buttons is the last design used by United States Lines, a merchant shipping and transportation company (SS UNITED STATES), see Transportation Uniform Buttons, Volume Number Three, Maritime and Aviation" by Don(ald) Van Court. You can find it in a good library. The illustration is on Plate 88, number 28; the discussion is on pp. 102-103. -- auxcomm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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