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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-7E0F41
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. A hollow composite discoid uniform button. The front bears the stamped image of a cannon pointing left with a crown above. The back bears traces of a maker's back stamp and the stubs of a drawn wire loop. For the uniform of an artillery unit, possibly a Volunteer formation. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 22.4mm, Thickness (as found): 2.9mm, Weight: 2.75gms
Class: Uniform
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: 2.9 mm
Weight: 2.75 g
Diameter: 22.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42497
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wyham cum Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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