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’23-03: The First King of Bavaria

This month’s WRBA Button Aerogramme features a set of buttons in honor of, and in anticipation of the upcoming program on coin buttons by Matthew Brown hosted by NBS on Sunday 3/19 at 12:30 Pacific.

Made into buttons and found at an antique store in Iowa in the fall of 2022, the 6-kreuzer coins are dated from 1806-1825. Who was Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria depicted here?

’23-01: Château Lafite Rothschild

Aerogramme Jan ’23: The featured button is contributed by Bruce Cole. Château Lafite Rothschild is a French wine estate of Bordeaux wine, located in Pauillac in France. It dates back to 1234 and owned by members of the Rothschild family since 1868.

’22-12: Jingle Bell with Sparkles

Dear button friends, The holiday season is upon us, cheerful ringing of bells all around to invoke the sense and spirit of charity across borders toward Peace on Earth. Our button this month is a large French…

’22-10: BIG DAM Rodeo Pants

It was a year ago while traveling in Iowa that I found this sturdy, unused vintage pant pocket label, to be stitched on the back of a denim.

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