National Army Museum

button, small, button

Accession Number

NAM.2003-03-167-1

Description

Small button, Sussex Yeomanry (TA), sealed pattern, sealed 5 May 1952. Button depicts stylised shield containing 6 birds, topped by crown.

Units

Sussex Yeomanry (TA)

Dimensions

Diameter: 18 mm Text: 13 mm

Inscriptions

'BUTTON SMALL SUSSEX YEOMANRY (TA)' Label (front): stamped ‘MASTER’ / stamped ‘A. B. Arding’ / stamped ‘OBSOLETE’ / ‘Buttons’ / ‘Sussex Yeomanry (T.A)’ / ‘Small D/S’ / ‘To Guide for Anodized Aluminium’ / ‘Cat. No. CA3162’ Label (back): ‘1958 OCT 3 0’ Pattern label (front)’: illegible signature ‘16/5/59’ / ‘PC Seif’ ‘21/5/52’ / ‘Encl.18 to 54/officers/4051 (ord17)’ ‘Director of Ordnance Services’ ‘5/5/52’ Pattern label (back): ‘Buttons GM. Small Dp Shank’ / ‘Sussex. Yeomanry (TA)