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General
service button 1902-1952
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"...
Corps of Loyal Colchester Volunteers," raised in consequence of
the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. The total amount raised
by this subscription was 1,392 ". A rare button indeed |
Army Ordnance Corp button Ordeance ? |
Royal
Welsh Fusiliers button 1881- 1920 |
1855
on - Coldstream guards button |
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Royal
Signals Regiment button 1921-46 |
7th
Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), 1855-1922 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment George the Sixth 1936-1952 |
Royal Engineers Officer
& O/R's - 1937-1952 |
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The
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 1881-1961 |
Licestershire Regiment button |
Volunteers
army button |
Royal
Engineers button |
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Essex
Regiment button |
Welsh Regiment/Welch Fusiliers/Earl of Chesters Yeomanry, Needs research |
Northamptonshire
Regiment |
Volunteer
Engineer button |
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Bedfordshire
button |
1876-1894 Jelialabad button for the Essex regiment |
WWII
Irish regiment |
Early
one piece Dragoon Guards button |
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Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire button |
Royal
Engineer Department Officer
& O/R's - 1837-1855 |
Coldstream Guards Officer
- 1800-1820 |
Royal
Engineers button |
 
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Royal
Engineer Department Officer & O/R's - 1837-1855 |
Coldstream
Guards Officer - 1855- |
The
Dorsetshire Regiment |
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Grenadier
Guards Officer
- 1820-1829 |
Volunteer
Engineer button |
Grenadier
Guards Officer
- 1820-1829 |
The
Kings (Shropshire Light infantry) |
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The
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Reg't |
Republic
of Ireland Army 1920 |
Republic
of Ireland Army 1920 - Officers button |
Republic
of Ireland Army 1920 |
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WWI
Machine gun corp - 1915-1922 |
7th
Queen's Own Hussars Officer - 1861-1866 |
Coldstream
Guards |
The Royal Staffordshire Reg 1881 |
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16th Corps Suffolk Rifle Volunteers |
General
service button 1902-1952 |
RCI which is Royal Chelsea Infirmary. |
Military
Police |
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WWI
Machine gun corp - 1915-1922 lapel button |
Coldstream Guards Officer
- 1800-1820 |
George
VI Royal Engineers button |
Colchester
Volunteers button |
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WWII
Royal Army service corp |
17th lancers 1870-1922 or 17th/21st from 1922 to 1992. Backmarks may date this to pre/post 1922 |
1920's
Irish Army |
The
Kings (Shropshire Light infantry) |
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French
artillery after 1914-18 |
1920's
onwards Irish Army button |
1920's
onwards Irish Army button |
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Lancashire fusiliers 1902-1952
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1920's
onwards Irish Army button |
Royal
Engineer Department
Staff officers button
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Leicester
Regiment ? Not in the reference books |
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Lancashire fusiliers 1902-1952 |
WWII
The Royal Sussex Regiment |
WWII 5th Dragoon guards Firmin London |
1839-1849 The Essex Regiment Back Mark - J Samuel London W1 |
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c1803-1814 19th Leicestershire 'Volonteers' Not in the books
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1881 Grenadier Guards Smith
& Wright |
1940-1948 J R Gaunt
& Son Ltd |
WWII General service cuff button Firmin |
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Grenadier
Guards ? 1832-1912 |
1895-1915 5th Dragoon guards Firmin & Sons Ltd London |
The Kings Shrophire Light Infantry Pre 1947 |
Worcestershire
Reg't - 1909 - 1970 |
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"... Corps of Loyal Colchester Volunteers," raised in consequence of the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. The total amount raised by this subscription was 1,392 ". A rare button indeed' Were first raised in 1797 but the 1803 raising was a massive affair |
1881- 1956 Manchester Regiment |
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Essex regiment 1907-1959 Buttons Ltd Birmingham |
1855 on Scotts Guards |
WWII
Royal Engineers |
ROYAL
MARINES This button dates 1923 - 1952 O/R's Tunic Button Maker = Smith & Wright, B'ham RMLI & RMA merged in 1923 |
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Womens
Royal Army Corps, post 1949 |
Royal
Engineer Department
In use
by 1881 Smith & Wright - Birmingham |
1888-1889 Smith & Wright Ltd - Birmingham |
Derbyshire 15th Volunteers 'Raised - 1860 to 1887 when it was renamed the 1st Vol' Batt'n Sherwood Foresters'. Unknown maker W.Fernet Noogth Derby |
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Pre
1947 The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry) |
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The Northamptonshire Regiment 1888-1889 |
Irish Volunteers Reg |
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Highly likely to be a 1881 Middlesex regiment (although thius is not definitive) |
Royal Corp of transport |
Royal Harwich Volunteers button - not in any books from circa1803 Back mark Treble gilt |
5th Dragoon Guards
Early
20th C |
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The Royal Regiment 1840 |
The Dorsetshire Regiment Mid 20th C |
Grenadier
Guards
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15th The Kings Royal Hussars- this type not in ref books |
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Prince Alberts Own Hussars (11th Hussars) |
Royal Ordnance Corp
Firmin and Sons London Early 20th C |
20thC Irish Volunteers P & T |
Unknown maker - Jackson 30 Gracechurch St London |
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Not checked ref books yet |
Royal Engineer Department
In use by 1881 Smith & Wright - Birmingham |
Military button - not checked ref books yet |
The Rifle Brigade lead mount A generic pattern of button worn by some Rifle Volunteer units from their formation in 1859 |
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Scots Fusilier Guards ( Scots Guards ) Officer - 1856-1877 |
York
& Lancaster Regiment - In use from 1881 |
Victorian Generic Military HQ Staff Officer Smith & Wright 1840 -81 |
Pre 1947 The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry)
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Victoria Royal Engineers button Officer & O/R's - 1856-1901 |
Ox & bucks Light Infantry 1908-1958
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Great condition General service Army button - From 1890 |
Royal Garrison Battalion, 1799-1816 The first Royal Garrison Battalion was a Provincial corps raised in 1779 in North America. The next RGB was raised in 1795 and disbanded in 1802. This was followed by seven battalions raised in 1802 and re-titled Royal Veteran Bns in 1804. Then the 16 Bns of the Royal Army of the Reserve raised in 1803 were, all of which were disbanded 24 Feb 1805; the NCOs and men then then formed three new Garrison Bns. |
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Tendring Volunteer Cav Found in the area of Tendring this has been attributed to the Tendring Volunteer Cavalry 1798-1801 and not re-raised in 1803. |
Bedfordshire Militia The Bedford Militia was formed in 1760 |
Loyal Borough Volunteers |
WWI machine gun corp button |
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1855 on Scotts Guards |
19thC The Royal Staffordshire Reg |
GR Military button sent of for ID - not in books |
1839-1849 The Essex Regiment Back Mark - J Samuel London W1 |
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Welsh Regiment/Welch Fusiliers/Earl of Chesters Yeomanry, Needs research |
(Royal Welsh Fusiliers? Unknown pattern of RWF???) |
Scots guards button |
Military button ? - not checked ref books yet |
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1890 General Service button |
Royal Army Service Corp |
Army button ? |
GR Army button ? |
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Victorian Post Office GPO |
Georgian, Royal Regiment Of Artillery 1802 1820 Although belived to be worn by RHA until 1855 |
Victorian Army button ? |
Coldstream Guards Officer - 1855 |
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Welsh Regiment/Welsh Fusiliers/Earl of Chesters Yeomanry, Needs research |
The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853 during this period they had five styles of known button
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Early petwer miltary button - not found it in the ref books
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WWII Irish army button |
Hon. Artillery Com. *ch Dien The Honorable Artillery Company is the oldest regiment in the British Army and the second most senior unit of the Territorial Army. By 1830 King William ordered that the uniform of the HAC should be based on that of the Grenadier Guards, except that where the Grenadiers wear gold, the HAC were to wear silver. |
Sheerness and Chatham Volunteers of 1803-08
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Omagh Regiment (Irish Militia) |
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19thC Essex regiment button |
Kings Royal rifle Corp 1881- 1958 |
Rare find 19thC Ipswich Loyal Volunteers army button
Napoleonic period Loyal Colchester Volunteers button First raised in 1797 and stood down in 1801. Re-raised in 1803 as a much larger affair, they opted to become Local Militia and became the 3rd Essex LM in 1809 |
17th lancers 1870-1922 or 17th/21st from 1922 to 1992. Backmarks may date this to pre/post 1922 |
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19thC 3rd Essex Militaria button The 3rd Essex Local Militia were formed in 1809 having opted to become Local Militia having previously served as the Loyal Colchester Volunteers this is the first of two types known to this unit. |
The Linconshire regiment button |
Excellent button find - 19thC GR 'Royal Waggon Train' |
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Unrecorded 5th Dragoon guards button Description: Crowned Hannover Horse over V D.G with VESTIGIA NULLA RETRORSUM around. Category: Dragoons Type of button: Slightly Convex; Metal: Copper Alloy, silver gilded. Backmark: ; Date: c1780-1796 Crimera war period The 5th Dragoons became Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards in 1804. |
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Most likely to be Guards depot (For household guards division) |
Colonels/Brigadiers Button G V |
The Royal Highlanders regiment button - Black Watch | London Scottish Volunteers army button Founded in 1859 |
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| Most likely to be Guards depot (For household guards division) | 19thC Dragoons guards button | WWII Civil defence button | Victoria Royal Engineers button |
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| 1890 General service army button | 19thC VR - Victoria Rex -Dragoon guards button | 19thC Victoria Engineer Corp button | Excellent button find - 19thC GR 'Royal Waggon Train' |
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19thC 'Ipswich Light Cavalry' button The Ipswich Light Cavalry were a 1 Troop unit 1798-1801 that were not re-raised in 1803 |
19thC Army button | Georgian Royal engineers button | Tendring Volunteer Cav |
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| Gloucester Militia | Colonels/Brigadiers Button G V |
19thC Army button ? | WW1 Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry button |
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| 19thC Royal Engineers button - GR | Essex Yeomanry Cavalry |
Napoleonic period Loyal Colchester Volunteers button First raised in 1797 and stood down in 1801. Re-raised in 1803 as a much larger affair, they opted to become Local Militia and became the 3rd Essex LM in 1809 |
1881 Royal Cornwall Light Infantry button Infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by The Rifles. |
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| Royal Dragoons button | 19thC Royal Engineers button | Dragoon guards button | Royal Engineers button |
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Royal Colchester Volunteers button - Napoleonic wars First raised in 1797 and stood down in 1801. Re-raised in 1803 as a much larger affair, they opted to become Local Militia and became the 3rd Essex LM in 1809 |
17th lancers 1870-1922 or 17th/21st from 1922 to 1992. Backmarks may date this to pre/post 1922 | Victorian Royal Engineers button | WWII Royal Engineers button |
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Victorian ordnance |
Military button ? | 1869 Royal Commissariat Staff button | 1839-1849 The Essex Regiment Back Mark - J Samuel London W1 |
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| 19thC Royal Artillery button | Victorian Royal Engineers button | 19thC Essex regiment button | 'St Margarets and St Johns' Vol of Westminster St Margaret & St John Volunteers, an Assocoiation 1798-1801, a 3 Company unit commanded by Robert, Viscount Belgrave. Re-raised in 1803 as a full battalion 800 strong and based in Westminster. |
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Unknown | EN, and the button is to the East Norfolk Militia. Its early but hard to say when, the unit was formed in 1760 and this is the second known type so c1780-1800 is probably about right An early example to the East Norfolk Militia who were founded in 1758. This is believed to be the second of four types known to this unit. |
Victoria Royal Engineers button |
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1881 The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry button |
Customs button | Georgian Royal Engineers button Crown GR |
Victorian Royal Engineers button |
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| Georgian Royal Engineers button | Unknown miltary button | 1797- 1803 Defense Volunteer Cavalry Raised in consequence of the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. Similar to Tendring Volunteer Cav |
Grenadier Guards Victorian |
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| Victoria Royal Engineers button | Victoria Royal Engineers button | Rifle regiment button | WWI Army Service Corp button |
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| Victoria Royal Engineers button | WWII Prince of Wales regiment button | 1834 William IV staff button |
WWII Tank regiment |
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| Victoria Royal Engineers button | Royal Veterans Battalion – Number unknown |
Unknown military button | WWII Tank regiment |
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Unrecorded Rare find 19thC Harwich Loyal Volunteers army button Napoleonic period |
The Wiltshire Regiment, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation | WWI - WWII Queens Own Dorset regiment button | |
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Tendring Volunteer Reserve Found in the area of Tendring this has been attributed to the Tendring Volunteer Cavalry 1798-1801 and not re-raised in 1803. |
Pioneer corps 1901-1952 |
Je Renais de mes Cendres 8th Regiment The history of the button starts with Henry Christophe, king of Haiti in 1807. For 12 years prior to Christophe’s kingship, Haitian slaves revolted against their European masters and defeated the English, Spanish and French. In 1802 the French anchored 225 ships in the harbor with 60,000 troops to put down the revolt.
The Haitians were greatly outmanned and out gunned, but defeated the French, and by 1803 the French army was spent. Thomas Jefferson quickly took advantage of Napoleon and a French army in desperate need of cash, and convinced him to sell the Louisiana territory for 15 million dollars. Known as the Louisiana Purchase.
Christophe reigned as king until 1820 when he became ill, and was too weak to put down a coup. He committed suicide that same year. The phoenix was Christophe's coat of arms. All of his troops were outfitted with uniform buttons and buckles with this phoenix design. The numbers at the bottom of the buttons denoted the regiment number. The buttons are numbered 1-30 with 11-13, 15-19 and 21-24 being skipped. One theory is they were skipped intentionally to fool enemies into believing the army was larger than it really was.
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| 19thc Royal Fuseliers button | Georgian Royal Enginneres button | CH Regiment button ?? | 19thC Heavy Cavalry regiment button HC |
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1st Royal Dragoons 1901-1952 |
WWII Irish Volunteers regiment button | WWI Conservative Club Army button | The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853 during this period they had five styles of known button of which this is the fourth, so date wise you can go 1760-1853 or probably for this style c1810 |
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| Unknown army button - PR regiment ?? | 1802- 1816 Royal Veterans BattalionI RVB An other ranks version to the 1st RVB of uncertain date the unit served in Portsmouth, Gibraltar, Holland and Harwich where they were disbanded in 1814, reformed the following year they were disbanded in 1816 in Plymouth. |
Welsh Regiment/Welch Fusiliers/Earl of Chesters Yeomanry, Needs research | Grenadier Guards ?? Officer - 1820-1829 |
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1855 on Scots Guards Regiment |
Victorian Engineers button | 19thC Essex Regiment button Crown Essex |
WWI Imperial Essex Yeomanry button |
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| Victorian Ipwich button | Ordnance corps button |
1809 Surry Militia Officers button Early spelling of Surrey the county Originally instituted for home defense, the Militia, continuing the tradition of the feudal levies and later the trained bands, developed into a reserve for the Regular Army. Towards the end of the Napoleonic War, the Local Militia was established to augment the Regular Militia. The 4th and 5th Surrey Local Militia was formed in 1813 and disbanded in 1816. |
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Royal Harwich Volunteers button - not in any books from circa 1803 Napoleonic period |
Unknown Army button | Military button ? | Military button ? |
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In your numbered section under 33 you have two buttons there that are actually the East Essex Militia, its two fancy E's rather than 3's. The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853 during this period they had five styles of known button of which this is the fourt, so date wise you can go 1760-1853 or probably for this style c1810 Steve |
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| Military button ? | WWI Royal Engineers button - GR Kings Crown |
Military button ? | c1794-1814 North York Militia Crowned Yorkshire Rose with 'North' and 'York' either side In 1763 various local battalions were amalgamated to form the North Riding Militia through various name changes they eventually form the 4th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regt. |
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| Victorian Rifle Regiment button | 1839-1849 87th Regiment of Foot The Essex Regiment button |
Georgian Royal engineers button | 19thC Kings dragoon guards button |
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| WWII Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Tunic Button | c1803-1815 Loyal London Volunteers LLV monogram surmounted by crown. English Volunteer Infantry |
Irish 1856-81 Kilkenny Regiment button | Victorian Royal Engineers button |
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Unrecorded 18thC 'Light Horse Volunteers' button |
Surry militia (3rd Pattern) Description: 'SURRY' written around crown on buckled eight pointed star Category: English Infantry Militia; Type of button: Flat ; Metal: Copper Alloy.; Backmark ; Date: c1790-1801 Notes: The Surrey Militia (also spelt Surry) were reformed in 1763 before gaining the Royal Title in 1801. |
Unrecorded Rare find 19thC Harwich Loyal Volunteers army button Napoleonic period |
East Essex Militia (2nd Pattern) E over EX within French scroll with dot at top join. c1780-c1790 The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853 during this period they had five styles of known button of which this is the second |
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| Victorian Rifle Regiment button | WWI Irish 7th Regiment button | Unknown Army button ? Essex swords in shield | Interesting Army button Crown above Tudor Rose ? |
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Georgian Royal Engineers button Crown GR |
Military Police | Army Ordnance Corp button | Unlisted East Essex Militia button The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853 |
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Unknown Army button EWR ? |
Early Army button - researching it | Unknown military button Horse over cannon |
Victorian Royal Engineers button |
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| WWII Civil defense button | Georgian Royal Engineers button | Madras Artillery button The Madras Army was one of the three Presidency Armies of the East India Company. It had its origins in the garrison of the Madras settlement formed in 1665. |
Victorian Royal engineers button |
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| WWII New Zealand Forces button | Unknown 1st regiment/militia button 1 S |
Unknown Essex regiment/militia button S Crown B - Essex |
Royal Engineers Officer & O/R's - 1937-1952 |
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Date: c1798-1809 Loyal Greenwich button Description: GR royal cypher around written 'HONORE ET ARMIS' with outer legend 'LOYAL GREENWICH' Category: English Volunteer Infantry; Type of button: Slightly convex, flat back 19mm ; Metal: Copper Alloy, silver plated; Backmark: None ; Notes: The Loyal Greenwich Volunteer force was raised in 1798 and disbanded in c1809. The dates can be 1798-1801 and 1803-08/14 a four company unit under CO. Major Robert Campbell. Re-raised in July 1803, as a full battalion. |
Army button with crown | Unknown | |
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Unrecorded 1st Regiment - Horse Volunteers BHV Sent to MBB for their views |
Unknown | Royal
Corps Of Signals (with Lettering) - 1920-1947 |
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| Unknown military butto 'CORT' ? | 19thC Queens own Dorset Yeomanry regiment button | WWI Army Service Corp button | |
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| WWII Royal marines button | THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918) | Unknown miltary button Crown C | Victorian Royal engineers button |
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19thC Kings dragoon guards button |
PoW 3rd Dragoon Guards |
Unknown militia button | 1780-1812 Royal Volunteers |
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Unknown c1800 Volunteers Army button R W V ?? |
Unknown | Leicestershire Militia 1793-1803
Description: Crown over LM with 2 below Category:English Infantry Militia Type of button: Flat ; Metal: Copper Alloy silvered. Backmark:; Date: c1793-1803 |
Victoria Royal Engineers button |
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| Light dragoons button ? | MEV regiment ? | 1820-30 Scottish regiment button - unknown | The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 1881-1961 |
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Coldstream Guards Officer - 1800-1820 |
The Essex Regiment | Army button ? | 18thC Peter Army button ? |
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| Unknown Army button | Crown RCI
The Corps of Invalids was a British unit that provided garrison troops for the defence of England and Great Britain between 1688 and 1802. The men and officers were all veterans of the British Army chosen by the commissioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea to serve in lieu of a place at the hospital or receipt of a pension. |
George III Engineers button | Unknown early Army or Garrison regiment button ? ST |
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WWI 16th Warwick Regiment Service Battalion |
Army and Navy society button | 19th Queens light dragoons | Georgian Royal Engineers button |
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c1794-1814 North York Militia Crowned Yorkshire Rose with 'North' and 'York' either side In 1763 various local battalions were amalgamated to form the North Riding Militia through various name changes they eventually form the 4th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regt. |
Army Volunteers button - research it 'RACV' |
Victorian Engineers button | 'Spectamur Agendo' Spectamur Agendo 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment August and September, 1914
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Army button RCS ? |
Unknown militia - BN ? | Unknown militia - Prince of Wales feather with V under | WWII Royal Engineers button |
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Victorian Army button RCI which is Royal Chelsea Infirmary.
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Royal Engineers button | Unknown Army button | WW1 East Surrey regiment button |
General service army button General service buttons had been introduced in the 1870s, when only officers had regimental pattern buttons and other ranks wore the standard design. The buttons continued in service right through from that point onwards and the new khaki service dress introduced in 1902 specified that the buttons should be of the standard GS pattern. A small number of units such as the Guards, Household Cavalry and Rifle regiments had dispensation to wear different buttons, but the vast majority of men used the standard pattern. The buttons themselves feature the royal coat of arms and can be found with both the slightly pointed crown of Queen Victoria and the Imperial crown of Kings Edward VII, George V and George VI |
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| 1830's Victorian Commisssariat staff corp button | 1914- Coldstream Guards 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' Military Button | Unknown button Crown TWPO |
1880's Victorian Royal Engineers button |
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| George V Royal Engineers button | Unknown Army button | Army volunteers button LCV |
Unknown military button ? PAB 1 |
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| The South Essex Militia were formed in 1803 and disembodied in 1805. | "... Corps of Loyal Colchester Volunteers," raised in consequence of the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. The total amount raised by this subscription was 1,392 ". A rare button indeed | Georgian Engineers button | Georgian Engineers button |
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1855- 1891 Kilkenny Regiment button A Victorian silver plated button centred with a crowned maid of Erin harp in a garland of shamrock and emblazoned 'KILKENNY'; |
19thC Kings dragoon guards button | Victorian 5th Royal Irish regiment button | 1855 on - Coldstream guards button |
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| Unknown military button | 19thC 1st Middlesex regiment of militia button | Unknown military button RPIE ? |
19thC Dragoon guards button |
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| Unknown GPS ? | Royal Veteran Battalion Description: The No. 1 around written 'Royal Veteran' surmounted by crown Category: Regular Troops; Metal: Copper Alloy Date: 1802-1817 |
Military volunteer regiment ? FLV |
Victorian Royal Engineers button |
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RCI which is Royal Chelsea Infirmary. Royal Corp of Invalids As a result the men were often poorly clothed until the hospital was ordered to provide funding from October 1704. The 21st-century uniform of the Chelsea Pensioners maintains the link with the corps, with the buttons showing the initials "RCI" for the Royal Corps of Invalids. |
Georgian Engineers button | 1794-1801 George Rex button | Georgian button |
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| c1794-1816 Essex militia button - unrecorded | Cambridgeshire Militia
Description: Eight pointed star with beaded circle and letters CM in middle Category:English Infantry Militia; Type of button: Convex, open backed ; Metal: Copper Alloy heavily silvered; Backmark: Unreadable Date: c1794-1813 Notes: Now believed to be the third of four patterns known to this unit fter the fisning of Ref No. 424 above. The unit was formed in 1759 and eventually formed the 4th battalion of the Suffolk Regt. |
George V Royal Engineers button | Unknown Army button |
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| Unknown Irish regiment button | 1802- 1816 Royal Veterans Battalion
I RVB An other ranks version to the 1st RVB of uncertain date the unit served in Portsmouth, Gibraltar, Holland and Harwich where they were disbanded in 1814, reformed the following year they were disbanded in 1816 in Plymouth. |
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| 19thC Kings dragoon guards button | Victorian Royal Engineers button | Early military pewter button Local Militia |
The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853 during this period they had five styles of known button |
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Air force
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Heavily
gilded Royal airforce button |
GVI
R2540 Royal airforce button |
GVI
R2540 Royal Air |
WWII
Royal air force |
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WWII
RAF button |
Air
training corp |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
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WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
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WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII Royal air force BM 20thC
Cheney |
WWII Royal air force Turner & Sons Birmingham |
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Royal Air Force 1907-1959 Buttons Ltd Birmingham |
Royal
Air Force
Mid 20th
C |
Royal Air Force Special quality |
WWII Royal Air Force W Twigg
& Co Ltd |
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It's in poor shape but it's a great find , the first 1912 -18 Royal Flying Corp button found here - Pre Royal Air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
WWII
Royal air force |
Air training corp |
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WWII Royal airforce button |
WWII Royal air force | WWII RAF button | WWII RAF button |
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| WWII Royal air force | Air training corp button | WWII RAF button |
WWII RAF button |
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| WWII Royal air force | Air training corp buttons | Post WWII Royal Air force button | |
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