Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1807-1812 or 1825?
Five buttons. Flat buttons with twisted rope edge. On a lined background is an oval, itself with a smooth background. Within the oval is an anchor with a snake twisting around the anchor. The head is poking left through the ring/shackle at the top. Its body goes under the right-hand stock, over the shank to the left then under the shank to the right, over the right arm and curls under the crown. Surgeon.
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Object Details
ID: | UNI6896 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | Button |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Unknown |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Diameter: 22 mm; Diameter: 19 mm |