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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-18B3CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Cast discoid flat button with the stub from the loss of a separate loop on the back. The front bears a quasi-heraldic motif resembling a Classical lyre with a small sword or dagger superimposed. If not referring to a particular family, this charge may have been apt to the uniform of a military drummer or bandsman. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1830-1860.
Diameter: 16.6mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 1.5mm, Weight: 2.49gms.
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 1830
Date to: Circa AD 1860
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.49 g
Diameter: 16.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30733
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Broughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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