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BUTTON
Unique ID: IOW-66C88B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval gold plated copper-alloy military button (1803-c. 1808).
A button of the Newport Loyal Volunteers of the Isle of Wight.
The button is circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front it has a crown over initial letters: N·L·V in serifed capitals (Newport Loyal Volunteers). At the rear there is an attachment loop.
Diameter: 15.0mm; height: 2.1mm; height including loop: 7.7mm. Weight: 1.95g.
Reference: http://asahelena.wix.com/militarybuttons#!copy-of-buttons-m-o/c1oxq. Accessed: 19/2/2015.
Inscription:
N L V
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1803
Date to: Circa AD 1808
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 7.7 mm
Weight: 1.95 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th January 2015 - Sunday 25th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-5-21
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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