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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-FF5632
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy with gilding traces, button. Pressed metal button with a central design of a seven-pointed star with a pellet between each pair of arms, with seven radiating petals, each enclosing a five-pointed star. A stamped maker's mark on the back includes an heraldic crest and the legend: PARIS 27 SOLIDITE. There is a small drawn wire loop. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 27.6mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 5.76gms.
Inscription:
PARIS 27 SOLIDITE
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 5.76 g
Diameter: 27.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th June 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM22072a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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