Embroidered "ER" under crown
Embroidered "ER" under crown
£4.50
Blue silk covered button, machine embroidered with “ER” in a shield, under a crown, surrounded by laurel wreath. Canvas (or paper?) covered back is covered in paper, printed: F CHAPMAN - RISING SON, 120 EUSTON ROAD. Two pronged shank which can be inserted through a button hole and bent open like a split pin, to secure. Probably made for the coronation in 1953, perhaps sold or given to customers of the Rising Son, a well-known heritage pub in North London (now renamed as The Rocket)
Size 1.2” (3 cm)


