List of best European books on uniform buttons
I have all the above mentioned books and can recommend them to all collectors for identification of buttons
Karsten Skjold Petersen:
Uniformsknapper i den danske hær 1911 - 1997
(Uniform buttons of Danish army 1911- 1997)
Devantier, Næestved, Danmark 1998
Louis Fallou:
Le Bouton uniforme français
(French uniform buttons)
Éditions du Canonnier, France 1997
А. Ю. Низовский:
Русские форменные пуговицы 1797 - 1917гг.
(Russian uniform buttons
1797 - 1917)
Родонит, Москва, Россия 2008
Кузин Б. Г., Федорчук А. А.:
Мундирные пуговицы Росийской Империи
(Uniform buttons of Russian Empire)
Крымский Афон, Россия 2008
Ramón G. Larrañaga, Miguel Á. Camino del Olmo: Botones Españoles de Uniforme
(Spanish uniform buttons)
Ministerio de Defensa, España 1999
Howard Ripley:
Buttons of the British Army 1855 - 1970
Arms and Armour Press, London, Great Britain 1971
Thierry de Bodard, Dominique Perrin:
Boutons de Livrée - de fabrication française
(1re série)
(French-made livery buttons – part I.)
Patrice du Puy, Paris, France 2008
Dennis G. Blair:
British buttons - civilian uniform buttons
19th - 20th century
FRSA, Great Britain 2001
W.Bag.:
Dawne guziki polskie
(Polish historical buttons)
Naklad towarzystwa numizmatycznego, Kraków 1899
Walter Hostert:
Geknöpfte Heraldik
(Heraldic fasteners)
Lüdenscheid, Germany 1997
Walter Hostert:
Lüdenscheider Knopfbuch - Uniformknöpfe
(Book on uniform buttons)
Lüdenscheid, Germany 2005
W. Boczkowski, M. Jaroszyński - Wolfram, K. Gładki:
Guziki - polskie guziki wojskowe od XVI do końca XX wieku
(Polish military buttons from the XVI. to the end of XX. century)
Warszawa, Polska 1999
Zbigniew Zajchowski:
Guziki herbove, zamki i pałace
(Coat-of-arms buttons, castles and manors)
Elbląg, Polska 2008
Howard Ripley:
Buttons of the Regular Army 1855 - 2000
Illustrations by Denis A. Darmanin
Printed in England by Arrow Press, 2002