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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-5E97AE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Probably die-stamped concavo-convex discoid possible uniform button with a separate drawn wire loop. The front bears a Crown imperial or cushion crown against a stippled ground within a broad plain border. The edge of the border is rolled on its reverse. This button may imitate the characteristics of a uniform button rather than actually being from an official or institutional uniform. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1830-1900
Diameter: 20.3mm, Thickness (at rolled edge): 1.6mm, Weight: 2.67gms
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 1830
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 2.67 g
Diameter: 20.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th May 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43076
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Thorganby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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