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?

Object Details

ID: UNI7231
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