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The Buch Brothers company was founded in St. Petersburg in 1809. It manufactured buttons and plated uniform decorations. Partners Agaton Buch and Ludwik Mauss purchased Gustav Henniger’s factory in the early 1860s and moved to Warsaw, where they established their business on Żelazna Street. By 1865, both companies were listed separately, even though Henniger’s factory had technically ceased operations. At the Moscow exhibition in 1872, the Buch Brothers company was honored with a medal bearing the coat of arms of the Russian Empire. This was the highest state distinction, allowing the two-headed Tsar’s eagle to be displayed on its products. It is worth noting that the quality of the Buch Brothers’ products was in no way inferior to that of their Warsaw competitors. The factory operated independently until 1882, when it became part of the Norblin i S-ka company, with which it had likely collaborated previously. Some products were still marked “B. BUCH” or “GEBR. BUCH.” In addition to producing plated items, the Buch Brothers factory also produced nickel silver sheet and wire. The company had stores in Warsaw, St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Nizhny Novgorod. The plant was transformed into the Norblin Metal Factory Joint-Stock Company, Buch Brothers, and T. Werner in 1893. At the turn of the 20th century, the company began collaborating with the German company WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik z Geislingen), whose factory mark appeared on its products.
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