Uniform - Uniform Buttons

Uniform Buttons

Some uniforms have specially-manufactured buttons, which, in the case of antiques, often outlast the fabric components of the uniform, and become highly collectable items.

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Famous quotes containing the words uniform and/or buttons:

    “When a uniform exercise of kindness to prisoners on our part has been returned by as uniform severity on the part of our enemies, you must excuse me for saying it is high time, by other lessons, to teach respect to the dictates of humanity; in such a case, retaliation becomes an act of benevolence.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “With crayons the child draws a rigid house
    and a winding pathway. Then the child
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    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)