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Button, Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1860
Two buttons. One button is domed with a 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 pre-1901 crown above a fouled anchor. The rope is tied to the ring and goes under the right-hand stock, then goes over the shank to the left , then under the shank to the right and finishes under the right arm.
One button is domed with a 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 pre-1901 crown above a fouled anchor. The rope is tied to the ring and goes over the right-hand stock, then goes over the shank to the left , then under the shank to the right and finishes under the right arm.
One button is domed with a 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 pre-1901 crown above a fouled anchor. The rope is tied to the ring and goes over the right-hand stock, then goes over the shank to the left , then under the shank to the right and finishes under the right arm.
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Object Details
| ID: | UNI6920 |
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| Collection: | Uniforms |
| Type: | Button |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Firmin & Sons Limited |
| Date made: | 1860 |
| People: | Royal Marines Light Infantry |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 20 mm |