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Military Uniform Button, 35th Regiment of Foot
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Finder
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County
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Date Recorded
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Hidden
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MIDDLESEX
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Sun March 4, 2012
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Recorded By
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Views
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Validated by
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Hidden
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364
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Nigel Nicholson
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Material
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Size (mm)
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Date
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Pewter
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15mm dia.
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Early 19th century
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Description:
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A cast two-piece pewter military uniform button of 35th Regiment of Foot (The Royal Sussex) with separate embedded shank (missing); circular; convex front; concave back; an eight-pointed star, at the stars centre 35 within a beaded circle; backmarked: I. NUTTING & SON. KING ST COVENT GARDEN.
Raised By Colonel Arthur Chichester (3rd Earl of Donegal) at Belfast in 1701.
Titles
1701, The Earl of Donegal's Regiment of Foot (also Know as 'The Belfast Regiment', (title subsequently changed with Colonel's names)
1751, 35th Regiment of Foot.
1782, 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.
1805, 35th (The Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
1832, 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
1881, Amalgamated with the 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment to form The Royal Sussex Regiment.
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Keywords:
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Military Uniform Button,
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Object Type:
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Button
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Object Classification:
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Two-piece
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Object Sub-classification:
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Military
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Object Description:
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Incomplete (loop missing)
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Object Inscription:
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35
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Period:
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Georgian
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Date Range:
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Early 19th century
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Primary Material:
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Pewter
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Additional Material:
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Steel loop (missing)
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Method of Manufacture:
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Cast
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Surface Treatment:
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Weight (grams):
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2.0g
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Size (mm):
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15mm dia.
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References:
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Major H.G. Parkyn, Shoulder-Belt Plates and Buttons, No 296.
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Comments:
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Note: The UKDFD includes separately produced shanks in the button piece-count classification.
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Findspot:
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Thames foreshore
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County:
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MIDDLESEX
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Recorded elsewhere:
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No
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Finder:
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Hidden
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Metal Detector Used:
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Eyes only
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Record validated by:
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Nigel Nicholson
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