94th Regiment of Foot (Later 2nd Bn Connaught Rangers) Officer's Medium Pattern Brass Button

Circa 18mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked S Isaac Campbell & Co, St James's, London. In good worn condition. Scarce outfitter.

S. Isaac, Campbell & Company in London started out as a boot manufacturer for the British military and later became one of the largest suppliers of arms and military wares to the Confederacy during most of the American Civil War. Before the war the firm handled large contracts for the British military, but after a corruption scandal it lost its privilege of doing any sort of business with the British government. The company then turned to supplying the desperate Confederacy, which quickly became their largest customer. Ultimately, it was the Confederacy's enormous debt to Isaac, Campbell & Company that was the primary cause of the company's ruin and bankruptcy in 1869.

Ripley & Darmanin No 236 refers.

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Code: 70300