Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1827-1834

Twenty-six buttons.
Seventeen buttons have a rope twist edge. Within a circular raised 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 under the right-hand stock , under the shank to the left, then over the shank to the right and disappears under the right arm. Commissioned officers.

Nine buttons have a twisted rope edge. Within a raised circular border on a lined background is a pre-1901 crown above a fouled anchor. The stock of the anchor slants down to the right. The rope is tied to the ring at the top, then goes over the right-hand stock, under the shank to the left, then over the shank to the right before disappearing under the right arm. Commissioned officers.

Object Details

ID: UNI6153
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gillott & Hasell; Charles Jennens & Co Harding, Thomas Firmin & Sons Limited M. S. & J. D.
Date made: Before 1901
People: Royal Navy; Brodie, Miss O. M.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 22 mm; Diameter: 21 mm; Diameter: 18 mm; Diameter: 14 mm