Button, Royal Marines uniform: pattern post-1802

Button. Smooth edge. On a smooth background is a fouled anchor with a slightly slanting stock to the left. The rope is tied to the ring at the top, it goes under the left-hand stock, then under the shank to the right, back under the shank to the left and then under the left fluke, under the crown and up to and just under the right fluke.

Object Details

ID: UNI6913
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Charles Jennens & Co
Date made: After 1802
People: Royal Marines
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 21 mm