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BUTTON
Unique ID: SUR-22EB0E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A flat gilded copper alloy livery button, 27.9mm in diameter, depicting the arms of the Earl of Malmsbury; a Prussian eagle within a border with illegible legend, crowned by an Earl's coronet. Beneath this is a small device indicating membership of the order of the bath.
Notes:
The Earl of Malmesbury is a title created in 1800 for the diplomat James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury, who died in 1820 and was a Knight of the Order of the Bath. The style of this button is consistent with an early 19th century date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1820
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 5.1 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 6.83 g
Diameter: 27.9 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: West Meon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6423
Four figure Latitude: 51.00283812
Four figure longitude: -1.08926149
1:25K map: SU6423
1:10K map: SU62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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