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	Image 1 Hammond Turner & Son Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Company Button 035
	Image 2 Hammond Turner & Son Trinity House, Hull Motto: DON TRINITAT VILLE REGIS SUP HULL Has been made into a cuff link. Button 029
	Image 3 Hammond Turner & Son Newington College Cadets A Victoria, Australia, establishment. Button 052
	Image 4 Hammond Turner & Son Unknown - possibly a yacht club? Button 047
	Image 5 Back mark is simply 'Turner' Royal Navy officer Button 049
	Image 6 Hammond Turner & Sons, Extra Quality, with crown City of Liverpool coat of ams A large and very ornate button with motto: Deus nobis haec otia fecit [God brought us this peace] Button 057
	Image 7 Hammond Turner Described by seller as Royal Northern Yacht Club and 'early large gilt coatee type'. Or is it Royal Naval Yacht Club? The fouled anchor and crown are exactly like Royal Navy Yacht Club buttons... Once again if you know the answer, please tell me! Button 074
	Image 8 Hammond Turner & Sons Forth Corinthian Yacht Club Button 081
	Image 9 John O'Gaunts' Bowmen Hammond Turner & Sons John O'Gaunt's Bowmen is a long-established target archery society based in the Lancaster / Morecambe area. By 1788 the society had an official uniform consisting of a dark green frock coat with plain yellow buttons and a bow and arrow embroidered on its black velvet collar. This was worn with white kerseymere breeches and matching waistcoat, as well as 'stockings' and a black hat with one green and one black feather. In 1820 the society introduced a second, full dress uniform. This had a white silk lining in the dark green frock coat, a crimson military sash and a black stock or neck cloth. At the same time the shooting dress was changed to Kendal green frock coat with gilt buttons depicting three crossed arrows, white drill trousers, a green forage cap with the black and green feathers and a black neck cloth or stock. This button must be one of the post-1820 shooting uniform buttons Button 104
	Image 10 Hammond Turner & Sons Another example of Royal Northern Yacht Club The Royal Northern and Clyde was formed in 1978 following the merger of The Royal Northern and The Royal Clyde Yacht Club, the River Clyde's two senior yacht clubs. The clubhouse is now in Rhu and has extensive grounds leading down to Gareloch. The Northern Yacht Club goes back to 1824 and the Royal Warrant to fly the blue ensign, apparently the first to be given, was granted in 1831. Button 100
	Image 11 Hammond Turner & Sons Customs VR Presumably a British Empire button, definitely from the time of Queen VictoriaButton 071
	Image 12 Hammond Turner & Dickinson One piece, gilded I am interested in the East India Companies, both British and European. (The apocryphal headline 'Fog in Channel: Europe cut off' comes to mind with that wording - apologies!) This button is from the British East India Company which traded from 1600 until 1874. The backmark dates it to the period between about 1790 and 1817. Button 155
	Image 13 Hammond Turner & Sons Two piece This is almost certainly the officers' version of the button in image 4, this gallery Button 158
	Image 14 Hammond Turner & Dickinson One piece, gilded This splendid naval button came from an ebay seller in Canada and still retains a lot of shine. The backmark is image 19 in that gallery Button 166
	Image 15 Hammond Turner & Sons Two piece This appears to be the same button as image 11, above: I am clearly getting very forgetful and buying duplicate buttons! Button 167
	Image 16 Hammond Turner & Sons Two piece The ebay seller suggested that the entwined letters are V and R - what do you think? The 'natural light' photo was taken with the button 'upside down' to the normal orientation to enhance the lettering. Button 164