Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1805

Fourteen surgeon 1805 buttons and one 1795-1812 Captain's button.

Fourteen buttons are flat with a rope twist edge. Within a circular border is an oval with a rope twist inner edge and a rayed background. In the centre is an anchor. Surgeon at sea.

One button has a twisted rope edge. On a smooth background is an oval. Within the oval is a fouled anchor on a lined background. Captain.

Object Details

ID: UNI5859
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Edmonds, W.; Jones, J. Hammond Turner & Dickinson Charles Jennens & Co
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 21 mm; Diameter: 23 mm; Diameter: 15 mm; Diameter: 16 mm