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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-0C9B06
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Plano-convex pressed metal composite uniform button, with a convex front with a broad rim, and a drawn wire loop passing into its back plate. The front bears a crowned monogram VR, with a circumferential Garter-style legend reading: ENGINEER VOLUNTEERS. The back bears an indistinct stamped maker's legend. The recruitment of specialist troops as volunteers arose from British anxiety at the resurgence of France under Louis Napoleon III, c.1848-1871, which also led to the construction of modern coastal fortifications from the Humber to the Solent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1860.
Diameter: 23.4mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 6.8mm, Weight: 4.64gms
Class:
Uniform
Inscription:
VR / ENGINEER VOLUNTEERS
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 1860
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.8 mm
Weight: 4.64 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33891
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wharton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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