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Description: | Copper alloy, possibly painted.Button. Cast low plano-convex button with stub of a possibly cast loop on the back. The front bears stamped decoration comprising a circumferential wreath around a crowned Garter with motto, with a central numeral XII. The central field may have been painted; it is now coloured red. The letters AVA appear below the number on a rectangular panel, and the wreath springs from it. The 12th Foot or Suffolk Regiment was founded in the late 17th century, and eventually amalgamated as part of the Anglian Regiment in 1959; the Garter forms part of the regimental badge, but the significance of AVA is unknown, and this may rather relate to another formation - possibly of Volunteer Artillery. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 21.3mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 4.09gms. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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