Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1843

Forty-four buttons. Button. Domed. Rope twist edge. Within a raised circular border on a lined background is a pre-1901 crown above a fouled anchor with the rope tied to the ring at the top, then goes under the right-hand side of the stock, goes over the shank to the left and then under the shank to the right and finishes under the right arm. Commissioned officers.

Object Details

ID: UNI5879
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Galt Gieve & Co; Firmin & Sons Limited Charles Jennens & Co Fraser & Davis Bilney & Ashdowne Matthews & Company Edward Armfield Edward Stillwell & Son Sherlock & Co M. S. & J. D. William Lock Pigott & Co's
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 23 mm; Diameter: 21 mm; Diameter: 18 mm; Diameter: 15 mm; Diameter: 14 mm