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Hammond Turner and Son
Two piece
RAF
Button 034 
Image 2
Hammond Turner and Bates
Civil War confederate A
BBB Plate 310 no 13
Button 027
Image 3
Hammond Turner and Bates
Civil War South Carolina
ANTMIS OPIBUSQUE PARATI
Button 018
Image 4
Hammond Turner and Son
One piece
Three cannons on wheels beneath a crown
Paul Evans of the Royal Artillery Museum supplied the following information:
Buttons like this were worn by both officers and men of the Royal Artillery during two periods, from 1833 to 1838 and from 1855 to 1873. The only difference between the Officer and Soldier buttons is the burnish: soldiers’ ones usually look darker than the officers’ but that’s very difficult to distinguish after all this time.
My feeling is that this button dates from the earlier period of use, or from the first few years of the second period.
Button 011
Image 5
Hammond Turner Dickinson
One piece
Royal Naval Captain
(Commander, Lieutenant, Midshipman, Volunteer)
From 1-1-1825 to 18-12-1827
BBB Plate 305, no 28
Button 004
Image 6
Hammond Turner Dickinson
One piece
Royal Naval Captain
(Commander, Lieutenant, Midshipman, Volunteer)
From 23-3-1812 to 1-1-1825
BBB Plate 305, no 29
Button 003
Image 7
Hammond Turner and Son
One piece
Wings and cross or dagger: the wreath suggests it might be livery. If you know what it is, please let me know!
Button 007
Image 8
Hammond Turner Dickinson
One piece
Royal Marines
Pre 1812.
BBB Plate 305 no 26 similar
Button 005
Image 9
Hammond Turner Dickinson
One piece
Royal Navy
Pre 1812
Button 059
Image 10 (Image to follow)
Hammond Turner & Sons
This button was dug, with the landowner’s permission, at Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is image 5 in the backmarks gallery where there is a little more information about it.
Button 075
Image 11
This is NOT a Hammond Turner (etc) button: it was made by C J Weldon, London, a company with which HTetc had both business and personal relationships. Charles Weldon was an executor of William Hammond Turner’s will: William lived and died in London in the 1850s.
Royal Artillery
Button 078a
Image 12
Hammond Turner and Sons – I have included the Weldon button above to facilitate comparison between these two. At least the HT&S cannon has its wheel on the ground!
Royal Artillery 
Button 078b
Image 13
Hammond Turner Dickinson
One piece
Royal Navy
Pre 1812.
Dug, in very fine condition
Button 084
Compare with gallery [to follow], image [to follow] (button 055)
Image 14
Hammond Turner & Sons
WWI Naval officers’ dress waistcoat buttons
Note how some of the anchors are ‘slightly sqiffy’ (as my mother would have said: it seems appropriate, somehow!
Buttons 096
Image 15
Unknown regiment: seller suggested it was H (something) Light Cavalry
Hammond Turner & Sons
Button 105
Image 16
Hammond Turner & Dickinson
One piece
This ebay purchase came from a seller in Norfolk, England who dug it up. The back mark is image 17 in that gallery
Button 161
Image 17
Hammond Turner & Dickinson
One piece
This ebay purchase came from Canada and is in amazingly good condition with plenty of gilding
Button 166