Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1825
Button. Domed. Rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a lined background is an anchor with a snake twisted around it, the head poking left through the ring/shackle. Its body goes under the right-hand stock, under the shank to the left then over the shank to the right and disappears under the right arm. Surgeon or medical branch?
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Object Details
ID: | UNI7231 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | Button |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | 1825-1832 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Diameter: 22 mm |