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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-06B63B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Die-stamped three piece composite livery button with indistinct maker's details stamped on the back. The front bears a relief motif in heraldic style, depicting an armorial shield charged with three stars above a hanging fleece [Arms of Leeds] flanked by owls with a smaller owl above, and with a scroll below whose legend is indistinct. These arms are distinct from those of Leeds University, founded 1831, though the emblems point to an educational establishment linked to that city. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 23.4mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 5.4mm, Weight: 3.67gms
Class: Livery
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 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 3.67 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39181
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: Epworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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