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Title: Buttons-clean them up
Post by: farmer(phil) on April 25, 2010, 05:06:02 PM
Cleaned up a button found this weekend

Any ideas...inscription is MEMOR AMICI, which googled says something in Latin.."Remember friends?"
Made of copper, I think. Nice little thing
Farmer Phil  8) ;)


Title: Re: Buttons-clean them up
Post by: 150aceboy on May 24, 2010, 08:48:58 PM
Nice button m8, love the picture on it, well done
Ace  ;)


Title: Re: Buttons-clean them up
Post by: geordiefred on May 24, 2010, 08:58:19 PM
great button m8 well done ;)


Title: Re: Buttons-clean them up
Post by: The Doc on May 24, 2010, 09:05:59 PM
Hi Phil, I didn't see this when it was first posted. I believe the crest belongs to the Watts-Russell family, possibly Jesse Watts-Russell. See here:

http://cgi.ebay.es/EX-LIBRIS-ancien-WATTS-RUSSELL-MEMOR-AMICI-BICORNE_W0QQitemZ220525863906QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SILF:ES:101 (http://cgi.ebay.es/EX-LIBRIS-ancien-WATTS-RUSSELL-MEMOR-AMICI-BICORNE_W0QQitemZ220525863906QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SILF:ES:101)

and here:

http://thepeerage.com/p14828.htm#i148277 (http://thepeerage.com/p14828.htm#i148277)



Title: Re: Buttons-clean them up
Post by: farmer(phil) on May 24, 2010, 09:58:37 PM
Thanks Peterh....don't know how you do it???

Thought it was of some intrest, especially the quality of it
Cheers once again

Farmer Phil 8) ;)


Title: Re: Buttons-clean them up
Post by: Neil on May 25, 2010, 10:12:43 AM
Thats come up great Phil  :o - what did you clean it with?

I got a few that could do with that treatment!

Neil


Title: Re: Buttons-clean them up
Post by: coinhunter on May 25, 2010, 05:15:09 PM
Nice button m8 well done :)


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