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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-274900
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Flat discoid possibly die stamped button front with a drawn wire loop brazed to the back. The front bears the monogram letters BVA below an arched crown or Crown Imperial. Gilded front and back. A uniform button, possibly from a Volunteer force. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1790-1890.
Diameter: 14.7mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 0.8mm, Weight: 1.64gms
Class:
Uniform
Inscription:
BVA
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.64 g
Diameter: 14.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35583
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
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: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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