button find

[djoonie]

hi , i have dug out an old button , all i can say about it is it has a blank face and on the reverse it has small metal loop , is gold in color , it has a crown at the top with the words london gilt around the bottom edge , can anyone help me find out about it , age , who it may of belonged to etc , i have looked through hundreds of images on the web and cant find one like it anywhere , many thanks in advance .

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Treasure of Victoria Peak - Grab it through Amazon!

[CRUSADER]

Its circa 1800-40, British Made (London & Crown was the giveaway) Gilt; it was once Gold Plated but all is left is the copper-alloy core. Any Cilivian could have worn it.

 

[Davers]

Nice old 'button ,it may not be worth much $ but it's always nice to dig a piece of history.

 

[got2dig]

Davers, Welcome to Tnet. That's what it's all about, digging the History. Nice Button. HH

 

[nsdq]

welcome to the form, and nice button