1st Battalion Governor General’s Foot Guards (Canada) button, 1872-1887
button, button
Accession Number
NAM.1956-02-91-50
Description
1st Battalion Governor General’s Foot Guards (Canada) button, 1872-1887. Brass. A lion on the Queen's Crown which surmounts a circlet on which is a six-pointed star with a boss at its centre containing the number "1". A wreath of the flowers of the four Home Nations surrounds this. A ribbon on the wreath reads "GOVENOR (sic) GENERAL'S FOOT GUARDS" and "CANADA". The words are quite worn. One shank on reverse.