https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-commercial-leisure-and-public-sector/hull-police-button-59353.html Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:26:26 GMT Uniform - commercial, leisure and public sector  

Description:		A die-formed three-piece copper-alloy uniform button with separate fitted wire shank; circular; hollow; convex front; flat back; crimped joint; shield depicting three crowns (heraldic arms of Hull, Yorkshire) all within a buckled strap inscribed HULL POLICE; no backmark apparent.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - commercial, leisure and public sector
Category:		Uniform - commercial, leisure and public sector

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-59342.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:23:04 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A cast one-piece copper-alloy button with integral drilled shank. The head is solid, plano-convex and moulded in the form of a large boss with a central pellet and a multifoil surround. The shank is sub-rectangular in cross-section with a medium length stem and rounded end.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/clan-button-59119.html Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:13:09 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A square copper-alloy 'clan' button from a Scottish jacket. The button is of two-piece construction and depicts a heraldic device surrounded by an inscription in Gaelic lettering. The heraldic device is a round shield bearing the Scottish lion rampant over a crossed sword and battle-axe. The Gaelic inscription is ClAnn nAn GAel / An GuAllibh A Cheile (the Gaelic G looks like a number 3), which translates as "Family of the Gael, shoulder to shoulder." The front of the button is umbonate; the back has a circular recess, at the centre of which the (intact) wire shank is brazed or soldered. It is back-marked with the maker's mark, SWORD MAKE - MADE IN ENGLAND. There is a crossed sword trademark (registered in 1893) between the first two words.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-59093.html Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:44:10 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A tiny cast two-piece button with separate embedded copper-alloy wire shank. The front of the button is slightly convex and depicts a crown (or similarly shaped motif) in sunken relief. The back is flat and plain, and the shank consists of a simple U-shaped loop. The design is very worn and indistinct, suggesting that the metal may be a soft alloy. Note There are possible traces of an inscription in relief around the design (reading (?) IMPERIAL at top), but too worn to be certain. Possibly a toy uniform button.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/coin-button-59075.html Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:50:23 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A two-piece copper-alloy button in the form of a commemorative medalet marking Queen Victoria's golden jubilee. The button has a die-stamped front and a separate soldered wire shank in the form of a simple loop. The design depicts the crowned head of Victoria facing left and has the inscription VICTORIA JUBILEE 1887.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-45780.html Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A die-stamped two-piece button with separate brazed/soldered shank; circular; flat; a central fleuret on a pelleted field, all within a raised border; simple looped wire shank; unclear if backmarked; originally gilded.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/plain-buttons/button-59044.html Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:54:08 GMT Plain buttons  

Description:		A large plain one-piece lead/tin alloy button of post-medieval date. The button has a convex (domed) front, a flat back with mould joint line present, and an as-cast shank. The loop of the shank retains a corroded iron chain-link.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Plain buttons
Category:		Plain buttons

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-family-livery/livery-button-59033.html Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:08:08 GMT Uniform - family livery  

Description:		A die-struck two-piece livery button, originally with separate brazed/soldered shank, now missing. The front of the button depicts an earl's coronet above an ornate letter 'D' in flowing script. The back is stamped with a maker's mark, but it is now illegible. The button is flat and retains part of its original silver-plated finish. The button is most likely from livery of Edward Digby, 2nd Earl of Digby (1773-1856), whose family seat was Sherborne Castle, Dorset, about fourteen miles from the find spot.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - family livery
Category:		Uniform - family livery

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/uniform-military/military-uniform-button-voluntarios-realistas-58965.html Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:41:23 GMT Uniform - military  

Description:		A military uniform button of the Spanish Voluntarios Realistas (Royalist Volunteers). The button was originally flat, but is now distorted. It appears to be of two-piece construction, but the method of manufacture is uncertain. The front depicts three fleurs-de-lis, surmounted by a crown, all on a field of radiance. The back is plain, but shows signs of filing. The shank is trapezoidal with a rectangular cross-section and a drilled hole. The Voluntarios Realistas were typically loyal to the Bourbon monarchy and opposed liberal or revolutionary movements.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Uniform - military
Category:		Uniform - military

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buttons-and-cuff-links/decorated-buttons/button-58938.html Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:15:48 GMT Decorated buttons  

Description:		A cast two-piece tombac button with separate embedded iron-wire shank, of which only stumps remain. The button is flat with a rounded edge to the front and lathe tool marks visible on the back. The front is engraved with a stylised eight-petalled flower.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buttons and cuff-links, Decorated buttons
Category:		Decorated buttons

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