Heraldic crests, shields, coats of arms, and regimental emblems: these are the buttons that make a blazer. Most designs here are metal shanks in antique gold or silver, pressed with lions rampant, crowns, laurels, and shield motifs in the classic British blazer tradition. They are the standard replacement for lost club and school blazer buttons, and the secret ingredient in the thrifted-blazer-made-expensive look. Matched packs of 6 or 12 cover a full front plus cuffs.
Crest & Coat of Arms Buttons: The Blazer Standard
Every proper blazer button is a small piece of heraldry — lions rampant, crowns, shields, crossed standards — and this collection holds 125-plus vintage examples of the tradition. These are the buttons that turn a plain navy jacket into a club blazer, replace lost school and regimental buttons, and quietly do the heavy lifting in the thrifted-blazer renaissance.
The construction matters: crest buttons are almost always metal shanks in antique gold or antique silver, 15 mm for cuffs and 20–25 mm for fronts, and ours date from an era when the die-cutting captured every laurel leaf. If you are replacing existing buttons, count your blazer's front and cuff buttons and check sizes against the listing — a pack of 12 typically covers a full blazer with spares.
Complete the look with nautical anchors for naval styling, or browse all gold buttons if your crest should shine brighter.
Vintage Crest & Coat of Arms Buttons — Questions, Answered
How many buttons do I need to re-button a blazer?
Count yours: single-breasted blazers usually take 2–3 front buttons (20–25 mm) plus 2–4 cuff buttons per sleeve (15 mm). Double-breasted jackets take 6 front buttons. A 12-pack covers any configuration with spares.
Do the crests represent real families or schools?
Most are generic heraldic designs made for the fashion trade — lions, crowns, shields and laurels composed for beauty rather than lineage. That is exactly what traditional blazer makers used, so they read authentically.
Gold or silver crests for my blazer?
Navy and green blazers traditionally take gold; grey and charcoal take silver. Black works with either — gold reads clubbier, silver more formal.
Can these replace my school or club blazer buttons?
If you need an exact institutional match, email us a photo — the archive holds thousands of unlisted crests and we may have your pattern. Otherwise any generic heraldic design in the right size restores the look convincingly.
