Button, Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1818
Two buttons. Domed. Smooth edge. On a smooth background, around the bottom edge going up either side is a wreath of leaves. Around the top edge is ROYAL MARINES. In the centre is a fouled anchor with the rope tied to the ring and goes diagonally below the left-hand stock to appear under the right-hand stock, then goes under the shank to the left , then under the shank to the right and then under the right arm.
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Object Details
ID: | UNI6916 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | Button |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Charles Jennens & Co |
Date made: | 1818 |
People: | Royal Marines |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Diameter: 16 mm; Diameter: 20 mm |