Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern pre-1825? or 1825 - 1827?

One button. Rope twist edge. With a raised circular border on a lined background is an anchor with a snake. The snake's head is resting on the top of the stock pointing right. Its body goes under the left-hand side of the stock, then under the shank to the right, back under the shank to the left then under the left arm. Surgeon.

Object Details

ID: UNI6897.1
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: M. S. & J. D.; Unknown
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Button