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Description: | Copper alloy and iron button, as kindly suggested by the finder. An unusual form of composite button with a concavo-convex front with a stamped design, of which only the edge remains, and a flat back plate with a central boss within the button, and with a sub-rectangular plate attached behind and retaining a tiny (length 4.7mm) steel spring of eight tight coils which is visible through an open slot in that plate. The sub-rectangular plate has four tiny U shaped tabs at its corners which pass through the back plate and are clenched flat against its inner surface. The spring abuts a central pin of diameter 1.8mm which projects from the centre of the button back, surrounded by a round extension of the hole which affords a view of the spring. A U shaped tab projects from either end of the sub-rectangular plate, apparently pinned between the plate and the back plate and probably governing the operation of the spring.The front may preserve the edge of a wreath and letter, and this may hint at its origin on a military uniform. Some airmen in the Second World War carried or wore items which might assist escape in the case of being brought down behind enemy lines, and this might be an example of such an aid disguised as a uniform button. This reporter would welcome better informed comment on this unusual piece. Suggested date: Modern, 1930-1950.Diameter: 21.1mm, Thickness (overall clear of spike): 4.2mm, Weight: 3.66gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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