Unknown button found in Australia

[trevorpi]

Hope someone can help with this one if anyone has Australian buttons I can help with those

[Bill A]

Hi trevorpi, welcome to the Forum. Your account is active and open for posting.

[Martyn123]

Good afternoon

I posted a similar button not long ago without the garter. I've no idea what it is unfortunately but it's nice to see a similar one.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ad.php?t=63016


Martyn

[btns]

An identical button with the same backmark is in the National Maritime Museum. It is 'unknown'.

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[GTB]

With the inclusion of the Garter motto and the Royal Crown I just wonder whether this button could be a precursor of the Royal Yacht Squadron buttons??

GTB

[Cribyn]

Originally Posted by GTB

With the inclusion of the Garter motto and the Royal Crown I just wonder whether this button could be a precursor of the Royal Yacht Squadron buttons??

GTB

Hello GTB

A good call and if not an early Royal Yacht Squadron button then very likely a Yacht Club button. The Royal St George's Yacht Club buttons use a similar crown on anchor device (as opposed to a crown over anchor) but within a circlet containing the title of the club. Not a huge leap to substitute the garter and motto.

Roger

[btns]

I agree.
The collection of the late Arthur Mace had several early R.Y.S. buttons. One had the same design, but in a band was the text "Wanderer, R.Y.S."

[trevorpi]

Thanks heaps for the information strange for it to turn up in Australia and be such an early date
I searched my button books and the internet but couldn't find much at all

[GTB]

Queen Victoria's coronation year was 1837. The crown is definitely her's so perhaps Garter and Crown could signify Royal patronage. Furthermore, 1837 is the backmark date - so perhaps a Coronation-linked button for the RYS?