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Naval button gallery

Information about dates and uses is taken from Diana Hefti and Tim Burt's excellent website

	Image 1 Royal Navy 1891 - 1901 Worn by Captain/Commander, Lieutenant, Master, Surgeon, Purser, Midshipman, Warrant Officer Distinguished from the 1901 - 1952 version by the slight gap between the top of the anchor and the bottom of the crown (as far as I can tell!)
	Image 2 Reverse of button below Backmark is unique in my collection, HT&D TREBLE GILT And yes, it really is incredibly hard to read!
	Image 3 Front of button above Very similar to one of Diana's but different to all of them in that rope goes the opposite way around the anchor Assuming it is the one it most closely resembles, it was worn between 1774 and 1787 by Captain/Commander, Master, Surgeon, Purser, Warrant Officer and Midshipman
	Image 4 Most closely resembles the button Diana says was in use between 1825 and 1827 Worn by Captain/Commander, Lieutenant and Midshipman
	Image 5 Royal Naval Captain, Commander, Lieutenant, Midshipman, Volunteer Worn between 1st January 1825 and 18th December 1827 (Dating and use information from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, in personal correspondence) Hammond Turner Dickinson. One piece. BBB Plate 305, no 28
	Image 6 Royal Naval Captain (including the rank of post-Captain), Commander, Lieutenant, Midshipman, Volunteer Worn between 23rd March 1812 to 1st January 1825. (Dating and use information from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, in personal correspondence) Hammond Turner Dickinson. One piece. BBB Plate 305, no 29
	Image 7 Royal Naval Yacht Club Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club was formed by four Royal Naval Lieutenants serving on board HMS Bellerophon anchored off Spithead in September 1867. It takes part of its name from the Albert Yacht Club formed in 1864 under the patronage of Prince Albert who was a very keen sailor. The following year the "Royal" was added by gracious permission of Queen Victoria. (Information from Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club's website http://www.rnc-rayc.co.uk)
	Image 8 Royal Marines Seller suggested the button dates from 1812 but 'Diana' suggests this style was in use from 1833 to 1881. The maker - Hammond Turner Dickinson - did not exist after the 1820s when Dickinson died. I asked the Royal Marines Museum for help in dating it, and they confirm pre-1823. One piece. BBB Plate 305 no 26 similar
	Image 9 Royal Naval Master In use from 1805 to 1812. Hammond Turner Dickenson. One piece.
	Image 13 Royal Naval Captain and Commander or Lieutenant In use from 1795 to 1812. Hammond Turner Dickenson. One piece. Dug, in very fine condition.
	Image 14 Sold to me as WWI Naval officers' dress waistcoat buttons: I have been unable to verify this description Hammond Turner & Sons The anchors are not moulded with the button itself but applied separately. That's why some of them are 'slightly sqiffy' (as my mother would have said): it seems appropriate, somehow!
	Image 15 Seller suggested the lettering stood for H (something) Light Cavalry As the lettering on this button closely resembles one of Diana's which relates to Her Majesty's Training Ships, I decided to include it here as well as in the Military gallery Hammond Turner & Sons