Buttons were not only a utilitarian items that made it easier to fasten clothes, but also, and sometimes primarily, they were used as an indispensable element of the outfit allowing the identification of the rank, type of troops, unit, and the social and professional role of the wearer
Examples of military uniform buttons
Poland and France, 1815-1871
Examples of officers’ buttons of the General Staff of the Kingdom of Poland
Poland, 1815-1830
Examples of buttons for official and livery uniforms from Poland
Poland, 1815-1848
Examples of buttons for official uniforms of the Kalisz, Masovian, Sandomierz Voivodeships and the Radom, Lublin, Sandomierz, Podlasie, Augustów and Grodno Governorates
1815-1866
Examples of buttons of the services of the Kingdom of Poland
1831-1864
Examples of buttons for the uniforms of Warsaw city hall officials
1832-1875
Examples of buttons for uniforms of officials of the Krakow Voivodeship and the Free City of Krakow
1815-1846
Examples of livery, school and souvenir buttons
Poland, Austria and France, 1840-1900