Not exactly treasure, but does anybody know where this French military button is from??
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Not exactly treasure, but does anybody know where this French military button is from??
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Thank you very much for your input! I had also found the same page. The funny thing is the buttons, although French, are on a British coat. Apparently, according to the family who donated it, the wearer wore it at Waterloo. He's modified it himself in various ways.
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Any backmarks on the reverse of the buttons?
Is it one piece? Looks 2 piece in the picture, which would place them later than Waterloo.
Is it one piece? Looks 2 piece in the picture, which would place them later than Waterloo.
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Agree..........
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Nice find!
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This is the button referred to in your cached text, it looks like a worn version of your button. "87th Royal Irish Fusiliers Regiment of Foot 1840-81" (historical record)- https://archive.org/details/recordofeightyse00canniala
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