cant find anything about this button anywhere!

[relicmom]

can't find anything about this button anywhere!



this button is heavy....measuring 3/4 " ...... the back says, "TREBLE GILT" on the top, and "STANDARD COLOUR" on the bottom ..

front has 2 crowns, a ship, and a banner that reads, "MAGNA CHARTA" ..... it is surrounded by a belt with an oval buckle on the bottom left.....inside the surrounding belt it reads: "PRO REGE ET PATRIA" ....from what i can tell, that is latin and means "for king and country" or something to that effect.....

any guesses?

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Your button's 1-piece brass construction with a raised-lettering backmark dates it from approximately 1790 through the mid-1800s. Based on the button's emblem, with "Magna Charta" and "For King And Country" mottos, and the backmark's spelling of color the British way (colour), indicate your button is a British army or militia button for a specific Regiment (or other military unit such as a Battalion). You might an exact match-up for it among the many-many British Military buttons at the UKDFD (United Kingdom Detector Finds Database). Or, perhaps one of this forum's United Kingdom readers will recognize it and tell you its ID.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

The encircling belt design is common in Scottich (Glengarry) designs and family crests/mottos.



Clan Cameron has the same motto ("For King and Country").

 

[CRUSADER]

It is an unusual button, if Military its circa 1810s.

 

[markp]

Very nice button