21st Lancers (Empress of India's) Other Ranks Set of Five Medium Pattern Brass Buttons

Circa 19mm in diameter, fixed shanks except one which has a floating shank, back-marked, Smith & Wright Ltd, B'Ham. In good condition. King's crown. Worn circa 1902 - 1929.

Ripley No 50 refers.

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Code: 69192

17/21st Lancers Officers Gilt Mounted Cap Button

Circa 16mm in diameter, mounted motto, fixed shank and maker marked Gaunt London. Looks like it has an eyeball in one socket! Apart from that in good condition.

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Code: 66331

7th Middlesex RVC (London Scottish Volunteer Regiment) Officer's White Metal Large Pattern White Metal Button

24mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Firmin & Sons Ld, London. Appears to have been plated. In very good condition. QVC crown so pre 1902. Post 1908 they became the 14th Battalion, The London Regiment (TF).

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Code: 59496

Northern Cyclist Battalion (NCB) Officer's Large Pattern Gilt Brass Button

Circa 26mm, fixed shank and maker marked Hobson & Sons, Lexington St, London, W. Bright gilt finish, sharp detail and in very good condition.

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Code: 69190

Mid Victorian 1st Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps (FMRV) Other Ranks Large Pattern White Metal Button

Circa 25.5mm in diameter, scalloped edge with the monogram FMRV, fixed shank and maker marke C& J Weldon, London. Looks to be of Other Ranks quality. In very good condition with sharp detail.

Formed in 1860, they were renamed as the 1st Fifeshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps in 1870. In 1908 became The Fifeshire & Forfarshire Yeomanry.

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Code: 68403

Essex Regiment Buttons

5 different buttons, a pair each of officers and other ranks buttons of large and medium pattern size, post 1902 pattern and a small and scarce early pattern bronzed OSD cap button worn until 1902. Some dulling and tarnishing otherwise in good condition.

Ripley Nos 266 & 267 refer.

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Code: 69069

Royal Munster Fusilier Officer's Buttons

A pair of buttons, both with blank reverses, fixed shanks, one large and the other medium pattern. Detail of the tiger stripes still good on both so only minor service wear, but some dulling to gilt. In good condition. As worn from 1881 - 1922.

Ripley No 296 refers.

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Code: 69070

250th Independent Field Squadron Royal Engineers (Northamptonshire Yeomanry) Gilt Brass Button

Circa 23mm diameter, fixed shank, flat gilt button with the entwined letters NY below a King's Crown. Maker marked Buttons Limited. Gilt in good condition.

Ripley No 413 / Ripley & Darmanin No 165 refers.

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Code: 69071

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Gilt Brass Mess Waiter Orderlies Medium Pattern Gilt Brass Button

Circa 16mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked Firmin & Sons Ld, London. Open backed, slightly domed as per other examples of mess waiter buttons. Gilt better than appears in the photos. In good condition. See the larger pattern for sale listed above.

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Code: 69072

French Foreign Legion - Large Pattern Brass Button

Circa 22.5mm in diameter, shank and maker marked "S.B.C. 23" . Slight wear to highpoints otherwise in good condition.

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Code: 68568