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First World War Black Buttons There is substantial evidence that some soldiers who had lost relatives during the war started wearing a black button on their tunic, or sometimes a button wrapped in black crepe. There are a number of photographs in the museum's collection which confirm this. However, no documentary evidence has been found as to if this was an official practice, or at least officially accepted, or if it remained un-official and a blind eye was turned. However, it is hard to believe that such a wide spread occurrence (across the entire army) did not have some official sanction or at least some national publicity, may be in one of the popular daily newspapers of the time. The following item has been brought to our attention: Mourning wearing of, by Non-Commissioned Officers and men.
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