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Description: | Copper alloy button. Military uniform composite button of plano-convex form with a drawn wire loop brazed to its flat back plate. The front bears the monogram VR for Queen Victoria (1837-1901) and, within a crowned belt or Garter, the legend: ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS. Maker's details are stamped on the back plate, indistinctly save for [--LON]DON. The Miners and Sappers were so designated in 1812 and held that title until 1855 when they were subsumed into the Royal Engineers. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1840-1855.Diameter: 15.9mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 6.5mm, Weight: 2.49gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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