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Twitty Badges - Unique 1-inch pin badges for bands, DJs, fans & fashionistas! Each badge is handmade & we also do a 'design your own' service. We design & supply all kinds of badges. If you're a musician, fan or fashionista, our badge shop is for you! Take a look at our huge range of unique one-inch pin badges! Also, you can follow us on twitter at 'twittybadges' for (t)witty banter & sneak previews of future designs.
We are based in Manchester, England & offer flat postage rates apply to ALL orders, no matter how big or small:
UK First Class: £0.50
Europe Airmail: £1.00
USA / Rest Of The World: £2.00
Here's a small history on pin badges:
One Inch Button Badges were first produced in the USA towards the end of the Nineteenth Century as a low cost alternative to the medallions, pendants and "badges" of the day that were expensive to make.

The invention of celluloid in 1869 by John Wesley Hyatt gave the world its first semi-synthetic plastic and it was crucial in the development of a whole new range of products including button badges.

Thin sheets of celluloid could be used to cover paper and give the effect of the traditional enamel badge without the cost or labour skills needed to work with enamel. It also meant that less metal could be used in producing badges and there was no longer any need for soldering or screwing.

All that was needed was a printed image and a thin sheet of celluloid to cover it (both cut the size, usually circular and one inch in diameter, with the celluloid slightly overlapping the paper so that it would hold it in place). A pressed metal shell was produced and a simple machine used to press the paper, celluloid and shell together. A metal ring was then attached to the back of the badge to hold the badge together, again by the use of a simple press. Finally a pin was clipped into the back of the badge so that it could be fixed to an item of clothing.

1 Inch button badges were and still are called buttons or pins, particularly in the

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