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Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1901; Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1843 - 1891
Seventeen buttons.
Thirteen buttons have a twisted rope edge. Within a circular raised border on a smooth background is a post-1901 crown above a fouled anchor with the rope going under the right-hand stock, then over the shank to the left and then under the shank to the right and under the right-hand fluke. Commissioned officers.
The four smallest buttons have a twisted rope edge. On a lined background is a pre-1901 crown with a fouled anchor below it. Captain's/Commander's/warrant officer buttons 1843 - 1891.
Thirteen buttons have a twisted rope edge. Within a circular raised border on a smooth background is a post-1901 crown above a fouled anchor with the rope going under the right-hand stock, then over the shank to the left and then under the shank to the right and under the right-hand fluke. Commissioned officers.
The four smallest buttons have a twisted rope edge. On a lined background is a pre-1901 crown with a fouled anchor below it. Captain's/Commander's/warrant officer buttons 1843 - 1891.
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Object Details
| ID: | UNI2074 |
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| Collection: | Uniforms |
| Type: | Button |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gieve's Ltd; Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited Firmin & Sons Limited |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| People: | Hornby, Wyndham Mark Phipps |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 24 mm; Diameter: 17 mm; Diameter: 14 mm |