© "GOLDEN AGE BUTTONS": SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Updated 1^st September 2010, next update due 1^st October 2010

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

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

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, 17 mm. £0.75

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

Glasgow University.  "Via Veritas Vita" below shield (GS 56-15)
Brass, one-piece flat, 18.5 mm. £2.50

Haberdasher Aske's School.  Crest with goat supporters & "Serve & Obey"
Brass, one-piece flat, 14 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 staffs above open book
Brass, one-piece low convex, 22.5 mm. £4.50

Liverpool University.  "Haec Otia Studia Fovent" below shield with 3 birds & book (GS 57-8)
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*

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

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*

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

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

Oxford University O.T.C.  "OTC" & “Dominus Illuminatio Mea” in shield (DOC 22)
Brass, two-piece convex, 25 mm. £4.50
Brass, two-piece convex, 16.5 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

Skinners' School O.T.C.  "SS", "OTC" & shield with lions & fleurs-de-lis, KC (DOC 22)
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