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Description: | Die-cut copper alloy two-piece, circular, flat, engine-engraved button with the device of a field-piece or gun with an eight-spoked wheel. Above the field gun there is a scroll with the letters 'MOUNTS BAY' and below the gun a scroll with the letters 'VOLUNTEERS'. There does not appear to be a backmark around the base of the attachment loop on the back of the button, but the surface is corroded.Ivall & Thomas (1974) illustrates a similar button of the St Ives Volunteers on page 43, Plate O, No.171, which is dated from c.1804-1808.Read (1988) illustrates a similar button found in Exeter with a crowned field-gun of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on page 187, No.1305, which dates from c.1790-1831.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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