Button, Nigerian Marine; Southern Nigerian Marine

Eight buttons. Seven buttons have a rope twist edge . Within a raised circular border on a smooth background is a post 1901 crown above a fouled anchor. On the left-hand side of the stock is the letter N and on the right-hand side of the stock is the letter M.
One button has a rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a smooth background is a post 1901 crown above a fouled anchor. On the left-hand side of the stock is the letter S on the shank is the letter M and on the right-hand side of the stock is the letter N.

Object Details

ID: UNI2089
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hobson & Sons; Firmin & Sons Limited J. R. Gaunt & Son Limited
Date made: Circa 1914
People: Nigerian Marine
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 22 mm; Diameter: 20 mm; Diameter: 19 mm; Diameter: 17 mm; Diameter: 15 mm