French Bouton pour les Chemins de Fer de l' ETAT

In a very good condition a French button for the state railway company Frontside: copper button with word ETAT (translated = State). Backside: La Belle Jardiniere ' Paris and the size 17M (17mm) Button intended for transport section, of the former railway company ETAT which existed from 1910 to 1938. This changed into the company SNCF (WEST region) in 1938 by the merger of the companies EST, NORD, PO, PLM, ETAT. La Belle Jardinière‎‎ ‎‎ is the sign of a chain of clothing stores that developed in France in the ‎‎ 19th century‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ they closed in 1972‎.