NMS-A759A6: Post Medieval militia button of the Bath Volunteers

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BUTTON

Unique ID: NMS-A759A6

Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy silvered button of the Bath Volunteers. The button has a convex face with a central crown and the peripheral words BATH above and VOLUNTEERS below. The reverse is concave and there is no backmark. The Bath Volunteers were a English volunteer infantry militia with a battalion strength of 712 commanded by Lt. Col John Strodes and Thomas Joyce. They were banded from 1803 to 1808 AD.

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 1803
Date to: Circa AD 1808

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.07 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 16.45 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th September 2011

Rally details.

This object was found at Urchfont 2011

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Urchfont (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0456
Four figure Latitude: 51.3031082
Four figure longitude: -1.94400723
1:25K map: SU0456
1:10K map: SU05NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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