© "GOLDEN AGE BUTTONS": SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
The lists are now updated on a day-to-day basis - not just at the end of each month.
There is a general information section at the bottom of the menu page for uniform buttons, and a
“How to Order” section on the Home Page of the website.
Sources: Gwen Squires "Buttons: a Guide for Collectors" (GS) and "The Cambridge Armorial" (CA)
See below for Officer Training Corps. See also past-pupil societies in "Clubs & Societies", as well as rowing
clubs of schools & colleges in "Yacht & Boat Clubs", and overseas schools & colleges in “Foreign”
SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Aberdeen University. Name around quartered shield (BL 50-19)
Brass, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £4.50
Brass, one-piece convex, 16 mm. £1.50
Alnuts Hospital (1724 on). “Alnuts Hospital” as a border, plain field
Bronzed metal, one-piece convex, 16 mm. £9.50
Army Apprentices School. Name below crossed swords, torch and cogwheel, KC
Brass, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £7.50
Bloxham School (Oxford). Shield with chevron and three pheons
Brass, two-piece flat, 22 mm. £4.50
Bluecoat School, Birmingham.Name in border around "Blue Coat" (GS 56-10)
Anodised metal, two-piece convex, 20.5mm.
Bournemouth School. Name in scroll below knight’s helm and shield with four quadrants
Brass, one-piece low convex, 19.5 mm. £3.50
Cambridge University. Vertical cross in shield with lion in each quarter
Brass, one-piece convex, 20 mm. £1.50
Charterhouse School. “Deo Dante Dedi” below knight’s helm, surmounted by greyhound head
Brass, two-piece convex, 23 mm. £7.50
Christ Church, Oxford. Name around shield
Brass, one-piece convex, 23.5 mm. £2.50
Christ's Hospital School (Type 2)."Edwardus VI.DG. Rex. F" & head, plain border
Nickel, two-piece convex, 21 mm. £2.50
Nickel, two-piece convex, 17 mm. £0.75
Clifton College (Bristol). “Spiritus Intus Alit” below shield
Natural horn, one-piece convex, 17 mm. £1.50
Coleraine High School. Name around shield & “Virtute et Labore”
Nickel, one-piece flat, 19 mm. £4.50
Corpus Christi College (Cambridge). Pelican vulning its young, above “CCCC” script letters
Brass, two-piece convex, 23 mm. £7.50
Culford School. "Viriliter Acite Estote Fortes" below quartered shield
White metal, two-piece flat, 20 mm. £3.50
Denstone College. Staffordshire knot above “Denstone” and shield with cross potent
Nickel, one-piece high convex, 19 mm. £6.00
Dulwich College. "Detur Gloria Soli Deo" below crest with three stars (GS 56-13)
Brass, one-piece low convex, 21.5 mm. £4.50
Brass, one-piece low convex, 13.5 mm. £1.50
Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Lion with ring & "Emmanuel", in shield (CA p.85)
Gilt, two-piece convex, 19 mm. £4.50
Gilt, two-piece convex, 16 mm. £3.50
George Heriot School (Edinburgh).“I Distribute Cheerfully” above crest
Brass, one-piece low convex, 25 mm. £7.50
Glasgow University. "Via Veritas Vita" below shield (GS 56-15)
Brass, one-piece flat, 18.5 mm. £2.50
Haberdashers Aske's School. Crest with goat supporters & "Serve & Obey"
Brass, one-piece flat, 19 mm. £3.50
Brass, one-piece flat, 14 mm. £1.50
Harrow School. “Stet Fortuna Domus” below shield with heraldic lion
Brass, one-piece convex, 20 mm. £1.00
Hull Trinity House School (Type 1).”Spes Super Sydera” around three stars in band across inverted anchor
Brass, one-piece convex, 21 mm. £4.50
Hull Trinity House School (Type 2).Three stars in band across inverted anchor, without motto
Brass, one-piece convex, 15 mm. £1.50
King Edward's School, Birmingham. "KES" in monogram, thirties lettering
Gilt, one-piece convex, 20.5 mm. £3.50
Kirkham Grammar School. “KGS” serif letters below windmill on torse (IS)
Brass, two-piece convex, 20 mm. £3.50
Liverpool College. QC on crossed sceptre and crook, above open book
Brass, one-piece low convex, 22.5 mm. £4.50
Liverpool University (Type 1)."Haec Otia Studia Fovent" below shield, plain field
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 20.5 mm. £6.00
Liverpool University (Type 2)."Haec Otia Studia Fovent" below shield, dimpled field
Silver plated, one-piece convex, 20.5 mm. £6.00
Mill Hill School. "Non Nobis Sed Scholae" in scroll below 3 birds & book in shield
Nickel, two-piece convex, 22.5 mm. £7.50
Oundle School. Bird in flight with sprig in beak
Brass, one-piece flat, 21 mm. £4.50
Brass, one-piece flat, 14 mm. £1.50
Oxford University. Shield with three crowns around open book (GB p.295)
Brass, two-piece convex, 24.5 mm. £2.50
Perse School. Name, motto & "MDCXV" below shield with chevron (GS 57-11)
Silver Plated, one-piece convex, 20.5 mm. £6.00
Peterhouse College (Cambridge). Crossed keys design in shield (CA p.30)
Chrome, one-piece convex, 25 mm. £4.50
Chrome, one-piece convex, 16 mm. £1.50
Portchester School. Name below shield surmounted by arm holding spear
Brass, one-piece convex, 19.5 mm. £3.50
Queens University, Belfast. Name below shield with quadrants & diagonal cross.
Brass, one-piece low convex, 21.5 mm. £4.50
Reading University. Shield with cross, rose and three shells
Nickel, one-piece convex, 20mm. £3.50
Nickel, one-piece convex, 15 mm. £1.50
Repton School. ”Pocta Vocat Culpa” below shield with three birds (GS 57-15)
Brass, one-piece flat, 19 mm. £3.50
Brass, one-piece flat, 15.5 mm. £1.50*
Rossall School. “Mens Agitat Molem” below tripartite shield with mitre and roses
Brass, one-piece flat, 20 mm. £3.50
Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst). Name around GVI cypher, KC
Brass, two-piece convex, 18.5 mm. £2.50
Royal Military School of Music (Kneller Hall). “KH” below KC (cf. HR 556)
Brass, two-piece convex, 20 mm. £3.50
Rutlish School. Shield with diagonal pattern of flowers & dotted squares (TBC)
Chrome, one-piece low convex, 19.5 mm. £1.50
St. Dunstans College, Catford. Name & founding date "1888" around shield (GS 56-26)
Brass, one-piece flat, 20 mm. £3.50
Brass, one-piece flat, 14.5 mm. £1.50
St. John’s College (Cambridge). Quartered shield within segmented border (GB p.343)
Brass, two-piece convex, 18.5mm. £2.50
Shrewsbury School. “Intus Si Recte Ne Labora” below quartered shield and crown
Brass, one-piece flat, 20 mm. £4.50
Stonyhurst College. “Quant Je Puis” below displayed eagle
Chrome, one-piece low convex, 19.5 mm. £2.50
Sutton Valence School. “A.D.1576” above shield with three roses & two stars
Nickel, one-piece flat, 19 mm. £4.50
Swansea Attendance Officer. Name around castle and shield
Brass, one-piece convex, 21 mm. £6.00
Taunton School. Name and “Ora et Labora” around shield
Brass, one-piece low convex, 19 mm. £4.50
Trinity College, Cambridge. Name around shield with chevron, lion & roses
Brass, two-piece convex, 23 mm. £2.50
Trinity College, Dublin. Name & motto in Latin around shield & "1591" (GS 57-21)
Brass, one-piece convex, 23 mm. £7.50
Trinity College, Dublin. Name & motto in Latin around shield & "1591" (GS 57-21)
Nickel, one-piece convex, 23 mm. £7.50
Nickel, one-piece convex, 14 mm. £3.50
Warwick School. Shield with three birds above a cross & fleur-de-lis (GS 56-30)
Brass, one-piece low convex, 19.5 mm. £3.50
Winchester College. "Manners Maketh Man" below royal motto & mitre around shield
Brass, one-piece convex, 20 mm. £3.50
OFFICER TRAINING CORPS
Cambridge University OTC. "CUOTC" below university shield (cf.GS 57-1)
Brass, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £4.50
Dover College O.T.C. Name around shield & figures in triangular design
Brass, two-piece convex, 19.5 mm. £2.50
Duke of York's Royal Military School (Type 1). Name around KC
Brass, two-piece convex, 16 mm. £3.50
Duke of York's Royal Military School (Type 2). Name around QC
Anodised metal, two-piece convex, 20 mm. £0.75
Anodised metal, two-piece convex, 14 mm. £0.25
London University OTC. University shield on star below KC (cf. GS 27-28)
Brass, two-piece convex, 24 mm. £4.50
Brass, two-piece convex, 16.5 mm. £1.50
Oundle School O.T.C. Name below crest with wyvern supporters & camel
Brass, two-piece convex, 17 mm. £1.50
Paston School, North Walsham O.T.C.. Name around shield with fleur-de-lis.
Brass, two-piece convex, 23.5 mm. £2.50
Shrewsbury School O.T.C. "SS", "OTC" below shield with lions and fleurs-de-lis, KC
Brass, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £4.50
Brass, two-piece convex, 16 mm. £1.50
PAST PUPIL SOCIETIES
Old Etonian Association. "OEA" between stylised flowers (GS 47-25).
Brass, one-piece convex, 15 mm. £1.50
Old Haylebury Society. "OHS" below winged heart
Gilt, one-piece convex, 20.5 mm. £1.50
Gilt, one-piece convex, 14 mm. £0.75
Old Rugbeian Society (1967 on). "ORS" in Old English letters (DB G111)
Gilt, one-piece convex, 22 mm. £2.50
Old Tauntonians Society. “OTS” in thirties lettering (TBC)
Brass, one-piece convex, 15 mm. £1.50
VARIOUS
London & Home Counties Joint Education Authority. Name in buckle around “JEA” script letters
Brass, two-piece convex, 17 mm. £1.50