The Early Military Button project

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Re: The Early Military Button project

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found in wilts crown over RELN it looks like
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had this one steve
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hi steve had this one the other day
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Re: The Early Military Button project

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tinner wrote:hi steve had this one the other day
It is from the Bicester Independent Company :g50:
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is this a cavalry button
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any info would be great
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had this one today
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Re: The Early Military Button project

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Belgian infantry, 11th regiment, used well into WWI

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sorry thank you
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any ideas on this one its huge 36mm across
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Re: The Early Military Button project

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Can you add a picture of the reverse?

Because of its size it may be a button from the 1770s.
I have gone through the book by Don Troiani on uniform buttons used during the American Revolution.
Large size military buttons are 23-25 mm, so your button does not seem military.

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