Button?

Button [?] made from copper from 'Royal George' sunk 1782. It is engraved with an image of the 'Royal George' sinking with a sailing vessel to the right of it and is inscribed 'Part of the WRECK of the ROYAL GEORGE SUNK 1782 raised 1840'.

Object Details

ID: REL0803
Collection: Relics
Type: Button?
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Royal George (1756)
Date made: circa 1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 4 mm; Diameter: 26 mm