Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1807; Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1825
Three buttons.
Two have a twisted rope edge. On a circle with a lined background is an oval with a smooth background and a twisted rope around the outer edge of the oval. On the oval is an anchor with a snake twisted around it, the head poking left through the ring/shackle. The head is poking left through the ring/shackle at the top. Its body goes under the right-hand stock, over the shank to the left then under the shank to the right, over the right arm and curls under the crown. Surgeon
One has a twisted rope edge. Within a circle with a lined background is an anchor with snake twisted around it, the head lying toward the right along the stock. Its body goes under the left-hand stock, then over the shank to the right, then under the shank to the left and under the left arm. Surgeon.
Two have a twisted rope edge. On a circle with a lined background is an oval with a smooth background and a twisted rope around the outer edge of the oval. On the oval is an anchor with a snake twisted around it, the head poking left through the ring/shackle. The head is poking left through the ring/shackle at the top. Its body goes under the right-hand stock, over the shank to the left then under the shank to the right, over the right arm and curls under the crown. Surgeon
One has a twisted rope edge. Within a circle with a lined background is an anchor with snake twisted around it, the head lying toward the right along the stock. Its body goes under the left-hand stock, then over the shank to the right, then under the shank to the left and under the left arm. Surgeon.
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Object Details
ID: | UNI5863 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | Button |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Charles Jennens & Co |
Date made: | before 1912; Unknown |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Diameter: 22 mm; Diameter: 19 mm |
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