Bristol Volunteers button, 1794-1813
Silver plate, one-piece, flat. A shield bearing the coat of arms of Bristol, a three masted ship on water sailing from a port and a castle with two towers on which is a flag with the cross of St George, above the shield sitting on a torse two hands one holding a serpent and the other a pair of scales. On the left-hand side of the shield the letter B and on the right-hand side the letter V.  No back mark.
Collection of buttons associated with British Napoleonic Wars, Veterans, Garrisons, Fencibles and Volunteers. From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn.