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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-48D987
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button fragment. Concavo-convex discoid button fragment comprising a die-stamped front bearing the monogram letters W R and retaining gilding traces, with a flat back plate with holes from a separate loop [lost]. The back plate is now pressed into the back of the button front. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1850.
Diameter: 25mm, Thickness/Height: 6.2mm, Weight: 3.72gms
Inscription:
W R
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 3.72 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37546
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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