Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1856

Nine 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 under the shank to the left and then over the shank to the right and finishes under the right arm. Commissioned officers.

Object Details

ID: UNI6803
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Boggett & Reynolds
Date made: Unknown
People: Stokes, John Lort
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Diameter: 21 mm