Uniform Button - Harrison Line?

#1 · 20 November 2019, 18:02

We've received the following request for information from Joanne Irons.

"I have a small, flat, uniform button which I believe to be from the Harrison Line or the Charente Steamship Company. Would you concur?

The button has the initials P.D.E.P on it. Would these letters stand for " Pro Deo Et Patria" For God & Country? I am a button collector and love steamship and maritime buttons and try to get all information I can on them and ensure accurate identifications.

Thank you for any light you can shed upon my antique button."

I'm not sure that this is a shipping company button at all, but it's not really my field of expertise. If anyone can help, please post here or feel free to contact Ms Irons by email at: jnnirons@aol.com

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#2 · 9 December 2019, 17:50

It could be an old Harrison Line button but the cross looks more that used by Houlder Brothers. Harrison's certainly had the letters PDEP on their buttons. I have attached a photograph of a Harrison Line button from the mid-fifties for comparison, although the one being enquired about looks much older.

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