Somersetshire Rifles (Vounteers) Large Pattern Black Horn Button

Circa 22m in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked "Jas Grove & Sons, Halesowen" (Birmingham) - a scarce maker. Some damage to a bugle string otherwise in good condition. Pre 1887.

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Code: 60631

Scarce pair of Small BrassGeneral Service Cap Buttons, Kings Crown

A matched pair of buttons, each circa 12mm in diameter, with fixed shanks and maker marked Buttons Ltd, B'ham. In unissued condition. If you require more of these let me know by email as I have a good few and this will save overall on postage costs.

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Code: 60622

WW2 War Raised Unit - 24th Lancers Officers Medium Pattern Gilt Button

Circa 19mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Pitt & Co, Maddox St, London. In very good condition.

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Code: 60476

WW1 Indian Army - 99th Deccan Infantry Officers Large Pattern Gilt Button, King's Crown

Circa 26mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Jennens & Co, London. Mottling to gilt finish otherwise in good condition and scarce.

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. In 1922, the 99th Deccan Infantry became the 5th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment. This regiment was allocated to th...  read more

Code: 60473

WW2 War Raised Cavalry Unit - 23rd Hussars Pair of Officers Medium Pattern Buttons

A scarce matched pair of officer's gilt brass medium pattern buttons for the WW2 war raised unit the 23rd Hussars. Each circa 16mm in diameter, with fixed shanks and maker marked JR Gaunt & Son Ltd London Eng'd. In very good condition.

For Hostilities Only Fig 29 / Page 49 refers (please note that cap buttons were 12mm in diameter).

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Code: 60436

East Africa - Victorian Uganda Protectorate Colonial Officer's Large Pattern Gilt Button

Circa 26mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked V& R Blakemore, Birmingham. A scarce maker mark. Slight dulling to gilt on strap otherwise in very good condition and ding to underside of button edge. Scarce.

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Code: 60309

Napoleonic Manchester & Salford Volunteers Officers Large Tunic Button

Circa 21mm in diameter, open backed with fixed shank. Maker marked Hammond, Tuner & Dickinson (operated out of 100 Snowhill, Birmingham from 1790 to 1823) to reverse. Gilt to front now mainly worn back to the copper base but in very good and attractive condition. The letters M S V below a rose. Scarce. (It was their yeomanry colleagues who on the 16th August 1819 achieved infamy at the Peterloo...  read more

Code: 60212

Victorian Northamptonshire & Rutland Militia Officers Silver Plated Large Pattern Button

Circa 25mm in diameter, fixed shank, with maker marks POW feathers / Jennens & Co, London to the reverse. Silver plate is dark toned, minor service wear, but sharp detail. Worn circa 1855 - 1881. Presumably as England's smallest county, Rutland was unable to raise its own establishment of militia.

Ripley No 861 refers.

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Code: 60184

3rd West York (Light Infantry) Militia Large Pattern Button Officers Large Pattern Silver Plated Button - Scarce Maker

Circa 23mm in diameter, fixed shank, silver plate now very dark toned. Backmarked CR&Co Extra Rich (Charles Rowley & Co., 146-148 High Street, Bordesley Birmingham). A scarce maker, who also supplied buttons through the blockade to some units American units active in the American Civil War.

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Code: 59937

City of London Yeomanry ( Rough Riders ) Other Ranks Large Pattern Brass Button

Circa 23mm in diameter, original shank (loose type), and marked Special quality. Small ding to centre of button otherwise in good condition.

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Code: 59883