Victorian Army Pay Department Button Officer's Medium Pattern Fire Gilt Button

Circa 19mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker mark Jennens & Co London to reverse. Gilt dulled otherwise in good condition and a bit grubby on reverse. Victorian crown. Worn from 1878 - 1902. Scarce.

Ripley No 528 refers.

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Code: 69195

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

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

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.

K81.6(1)  read more

Code: 68568

Highland Cyclist Battalion (HCB) Pair of Officer's Gilt Brass Buttons

A good pair of officer's buttons, the larger maker marked Wm Anderson & Sons Edinburgh and the smaller Armfield and Co, Birmingham. Fixed shanks. Circa 26mm and 19mm in diameter respectively. Slight service wear, more obvious on smaller of the two. Rare.

Ripley No 446 refers

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Code: 69183

West African - Gold Coast Defence Force ( Volunteers ) Officer 's Large Pattern Gilt Button , c1927 - 1939

A stunning and scarce button worn by this all white volunteer unit, fixed shank, circa 22mm in diameter, reverse states " Extra Superb " - says it all really! Some minor wear to gilt.

See Renfrew el al Vol 1 no 367 for a picture of the cap badge which is identical to the motif on the button.  read more

Code: 58120

Lincolnshire Imperial Yeomanry Officers Silver Plated Medium Pattern Button

Circa 19mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Hamburger & Co., London. Scarce maker. Some staining to the reverse and loss of detail to front otherwise in good condition. Circa 1901 - 1908.

Figure 126 in "Yeomanry Buttons 1830- 2000" by Ripley & Darmanin.

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Code: 64833

1st Royal Surrey Militia Officers Silver Plated Medium Pattern Button

Circa 18mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked C. Pitt & Co, 50 St Martin's Lane, London. In very good condition with no wear to plate. Worn 1855 - 1881.

Ripley no 491 refers.

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Code: 57613

Indian Artillery Officers Large Pattern Gilt Brass Ball Button for Wear on Epaulette / Chain Shoulder Scales

Circa 18mm.in diameter. Shank replaced with crew fitting and retaining nut. Scarce.

See item 54605 for the pattern with a fixed shank.  read more

Code: 60745

East Africa Protectorate Victorian Colonial Administrators Medium Pattern Gilt Button

Scarce button, worn circa 1896 to 1902 only . VR&I cypher. Backmarked Army & Navy Co with fixed shank. In excellent condition. 17 mm in diameter.

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Code: 60748