Button, Royal Marines Light Infantry uniform: pattern 1901-1923
Two gilt domed buttons. Button. Domed. Smooth edge. Within a wreath on a smooth background is a raised circular border with (almost illegible) ROYAL MARINES LIGHT INFANTRY on it. In the centre is a post-1901 crown with a fouled anchor. The rope is tied to the ring at the top, then goes under the right-hand stock, then under the shank to the left, over the shank to the right and then under the right arm.
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Object Details
ID: | UNI7145 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | Button |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Pitt & Co |
Date made: | Before 1923 |
People: | Royal Marines Light Infantry |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Diameter: 17 mm |