Button, Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1923

Four buttons. Domed. Smooth edge. Around the bottom edge going up either side is a wreath of leaves. Within the wreath on a raised circular border with a stippled background is ROYAL MARINES. In the centre is a post-1901 crown above a fouled anchor with the rope appearing under the right-hand stock, then goes under the shank to the left , then over the shank to the right and ends under the right arm.

Object Details

ID: UNI7182
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Pitt & Co
Date made: After 1923
People: Royal Marines
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 23 mm