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BUTTON
Unique ID: PUBLIC-98C897
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast white metal sheet button. The front face shows a fouled anchor while the reverse has no visible markings. This form of button was worn by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 - 1945.
The button was found on the site of a former World War II Prisoner of War Camp. It is reported that crew members of captured German U-Boats were held on the camp.
A similar object is recorded at HESH-4DE54A.
Diameter: 21.0mm, Thickness: 3.7mm.
Weight: 1.2gm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1935
Date to: Circa AD 1945
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cottam (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9767
Four figure Latitude: 54.0897776
Four figure longitude: -0.51849661
1:25K map: SE9767
1:10K map: SE96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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