Brass Button Stick

Brass Button Stick - image1Although ‘stay bright’ (anodized) buttons were introduced to the Canadian Army in the mid-1950s, many units continued to use traditional brass buttons. Button sticks were used to clean them without getting polish on uniforms. The sticks were also useful for cleaning brass hat badges and other polished metal surfaces on kit.

Brass Button Stick - image2Button stick: A strip of metal or wood slotted so that it will pass over a row of buttons (as on a military tunic) allowing each button to appear through a slit so that the buttons may be polished without soiling the cloth.

This button stick was issued to Pte. Ken Langridge in 1937.

Found in England, this is a Canadian Expeditionary Force 27th Battalion button stick.

Physical description: The bottom brass button stick has an open-ended slot running 14cm in length.

Category: Equipment

Related period: First and Second World Wars

Materials whole: Brass

Dimensions: whole: 17.7 long x 3.8cm wide

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