Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1807

Gilt brass, master's button with a rope twist outer border and oval inner border. In the centre, on lined ground, is a large anchor flanked by two small ones. On the reverse is the inscription 'TREBLE GILT/STAND.COLOUR.' Reference to this pattern appears in the regulations of 1807: 'buttons worn by the masters to bear the arms of the Navy Office.'

Object Details

ID: UNI7108
Collection: Uniforms; Textiles
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1807-12; 1807-1812
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 22 mm