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BUTTON
Unique ID: PUBLIC-94F2E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post Medieval copper alloy button of the 44th Regiment of Foot, dating to c.1794-1800. The front has a crown over the number 44, all enclosed by a continuous leaf design. The front has a white metal coating and the back has a scar where the shank has broken away. When found, the button was folded in two places. It has been largely flattened, but retains two creases.
Diameter: 22.2mm. Thickness: 0.9mm (head). Weight: 2.72g.
Notes:
This is number 519 on Steve Newman's Early British Military Buttons website.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1794
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 2.72 g
Diameter: 22.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st October 2018 - Sunday 21st October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 18-076
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Martock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4517
Four figure Latitude: 50.9497966
Four figure longitude: -2.78432513
1:25K map: ST4517
1:10K map: ST41NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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