~ English Infantry Militia Buttons ~

1757 - 1881

West Suffolk Militia

Date:  1840 - 1855/6

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0021

Backmarks:  Jennens & Co London

Diameter:  22.5 mm

Weight:  6.44 grams

Notes: 

2nd Somerset Militia

Date:  1835 - 1855

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0022

Backmarks:  Jennens & Co London

Diameter:  19.8 mm

Weight:  5.30 grams

Notes: 

2nd West York Militia

Date:  Pre 1830’s

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0023

Backmarks:  C. Jennens London

Diameter:  19.2 mm

Weight:  3.78 grams

Notes: 

1st Royal Lancashire Militia

Date:  Pre 1855

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0024

Backmarks:  Isaacs Campbell & Co 21 St James’s St London

Diameter:  23 mm

Weight:  4.83 grams

Notes:  See also № 0091 for a later silver version

1st West York Militia

Date:  Pre 1853

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0028

Backmarks:  Hamburger & Co. King's St. Covent Garden

Diameter:  20 mm

Weight:   4.73 grams

Notes:  See also № 0072 for an earlier example

4th West York Militia

Date:  1855 - 1881

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0029

Backmarks:  Jennens & Co London

Diameter:  18.9 mm

Weight:   4.36 grams

Notes: 

East Kent Militia

Date:  1830‘s - 1855

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0032

Backmarks:  Firmin & Sons 153 Strand London

Diameter:  23.9 mm

Weight:   7.29 grams

Notes: 

Royal Lancashire Militia

Date:  1812 - 1820

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0035

Backmarks:  Mark Sanders & Co

Diameter:  19.2 mm

Weight:   4.12 grams

Notes: 

Royal Cumberland Militia

Date:  1920’s

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0036

Backmarks:  I. Nutting & Son London

Diameter:  15.2 mm

Weight:   2.75 grams

Notes: 

Cambridgeshire Militia

Date:  1830’s - 1840’s

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0037

Backmarks:  Jennens & Co London

Diameter:  19.9 mm

Weight:   4.35 grams

Notes: 

South Devon Militia

Date:  Pre 1885

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0044

Backmarks:  Jennens & Co London

Diameter:  22.4 mm

Weight:   5.76 grams

Notes: 

Tower Hamlets King’s Own Lt Infantry Militia

Date:  Pre 1855 - 1881

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0046

Backmarks:  Pitt & Co 50 St Martins Lane London

Diameter:  24.9 mm

Weight:   7.46 grams

Notes: 

Royal Wiltshire Militia

Date:  Pre 1855

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0048

Backmarks:  Jennens & Co London

Diameter:  22.3 mm

Weight:   6.04 grams

Notes:  See also № 0008 for a rimmed/tunic example

North Hampshire Militia

Date:  1806 - 1853

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0051

Backmarks:  Pitter & Fox London

Diameter:  19.0 mm

Weight:   4.26 grams

Notes:

Shropshire Militia

Date:  1855 - 1881

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0052

Backmarks:  Firmin & Sons London

Diameter:  25.0 mm

Weight:   8.45 grams

Notes:

Shropshire Militia

Date:  1855 - 1881

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0055

Backmarks:  Firmin & Sons London

Diameter:  18.9 mm

Weight:   4.35 grams

Notes:

Shropshire Militia

Date:  1794 - 1811

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0058

Backmarks:  Firmin & Westall

Diameter:  20.5 mm

Weight:   5.58 grams

Notes:  I have a set of six identical buttons

2nd Somerset Militia

Date:  1825 - 1833

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0063

Backmarks:  Firmin & Sons 153 Strand London

Diameter:  21.5 mm

Weight:   5.82 grams

Notes: Hollow construction

~ English Militia Buttons Continued ~

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1st West York Rifles Militia

Date:  1854 - 1881

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0065

Backmarks:  None

Diameter:  18.5 mm

Weight:   1.54 grams

Notes: Horn for Other Ranks

1st Norfolk Militia

Date:  1802 - 1820

Acquisition Registration Number:  № 0066

Backmarks:  None

Diameter:  15 mm

Weight:   3.05 grams

Notes: Small cuff, collar or gaiter

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