These ‘like-buttons’, indicative of the wearer’s ‘friending’ by various crowned heads of state, were amongst the most sought-after complements to any court dress. While attainable through such endeavors as the painting of a bowdlerized portrait or the sycophantic dedication of a musical composition, like-buttons were most readily acquired by means of being oneself an aristocrat and, therefore, more or less distantly related to awarding monarchs and better stationed to award reciprocal ‘friendings’ in turn. While normally given as enameled and bejeweled badges of precious metal, the examples displayed here decorate an aviator’s greatcoat. Thus, they are instead embroidered in gilt and silver thread to preclude clasp-punctures to the leather, sharp edges liable to catch on control protuberances and, in instances of extreme popularity {such as those illustrated below}, being abruptly dragged under in the event of an emergency egress over water.