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.

Object Details

ID: UNI6867
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