Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1812
Button. Flat. Rope twist edge. Within a flat circular border is an oval with a rope twist on the inner edge. Within the oval on a lined background is a pre-1901 crown with the stock slanting down to the left. The rope appears from under the right-hand stock, then goes under the shank to the left, then under the shank to the right, then back under the shank to the left and under the left arm. Commissioned officers.
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Object Details
ID: | UNI6867 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | Button |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | I. McGowan |
Vessels: | Royal Naval uniform regulations 1812-25: Officers; Royal Naval uniform regulations 1787-1891: Midshipmen |
Date made: | Unknown |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Diameter: 16 mm; Diameter: 23 mm |