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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-388279
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Cast composite plano-convex uniform button, possibly maritime in this case. The front bears the motif of a flag on its flagstaff modelled in prominent relief; the flag is in this case probably charged with a saltire, and appears against a finely horizontally lined ground and is framed by a thick cabled rim. This device was adapted for the uniform buttons of various corporate and institutional bodies. Indistinct makers' details appear on the back, where a drawn wire loop projects. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 20.3mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 7.1mm, Weight: 4.61gms.
Class: Uniform
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 4.61 g
Diameter: 20.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26633a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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