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BUTTON
Unique ID: SOM-7FCF16
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval cast copper-alloy flat circular button. The button has a moulded front with a legend around the outer border arranged so both words are upright: BRIDGWATER VOLUNTEERS. In the central field is a castle with a large central turret on a bridge. The back is plain with a seperately formed central copper-alloy loop. There are traces of a black substance on the back and front. It is 23.9mm in diameter, 1.4mm thick excluding the loop, 6.0mm including and weighs 4.44 grams.
The Bridgwater Volunteers started in 1794, they were active in 1803 and 1804 and all the Somerset Volunteer Force units were disbanded in 1813.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1794
Date to: Circa AD 1813
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 4.44 g
Diameter: 23.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 020859
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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