Button, Royal Marine Artillery uniform: pattern 1880

Four buttons. Domed and spherical. Smooth edge. Within a wreath on a lined background is a raised circular belt with buckle with ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY on it. In the centre is a pre-1901 crown with a fouled anchor with the rope tied to the ring at the top, then appears from under the right-hand stock, goes over the shank to the left, under the shank to the right and then under the right arm. At both ends of the stock is a grenade.

Object Details

ID: UNI6925
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Button
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Pitt & Co
Date made: 1880
People: Royal Marine Artillery
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 20 mm; Diameter: 16 mm; Diameter: 15 mm