ADC

[rmarsden]

ADC to Queen Victoria 1834-68.
Fire gilt button mounted with cypher, Jennens &Co London.
Ex Gaunt archives.

[4966Ian]

Thanks for sharing that.

If I didn't know the three letters were "ADC" - I think I would still be looking at it in several months time trying to work it out.
Nice button by the way.

Ian

[rmarsden]

Old English capitals in German text style.
Ron.

[4966Ian]

Hi Ron,

Have you ever seen a picture of the whole alphabet using that font. I have a few Officer's Mufti buttons from that era that have similar style lettering that I am struggling to identify.
I can usually work out the stylised script letters and most of the Gothic font letters - but this over elaborate Germanic style just stumps me.

Ian

[Cribyn]

Hello Ron

Lovely button and thanks for sharing. Just as confusing to identify as the normal officers' 'mufti' buttons! Glad you were able to get a positive ID otherwise we would have been struggling over this one for ages!

Roger

[rmarsden]

This is close to it, just my button has more flourishes.

[4966Ian]

Many thanks for that Ron.
That alphabet template will be a great help future.

Cheers

Ian

[4966Ian]

Whilst you have your eye-in with this elaborate script.

Any idea on the lettering on this button please.

Thanks

Ian

[rmarsden]

Just found a better match for my button.
It is possible that your button also reads ADC?

[4966Ian]

Ron,

Yes, that is a better fit to the letters used on your button.
You could well be right about mine also being "ADC". I have spent quite a while looking at the letters and comparing them against the example font. Apart from a few obvious letters - I could convince myself of it being almost any letter.

Thanks again for providing that - it has certainly got me closer to ID'ing the letters/button than I was before.

All the best

Ian

[Cribyn]

Well, hats off to you two chaps as even though I have been told what the initials are and seen an equivalent alphabet, I still can't work out what the individual letters are on either button!

A curse on those who decided to use these awful letter styles on buttons! What was wrong with using good old block CAPITALS so that we could all read them!!

Roger

[rmarsden]

I think Queen Victoria was a fan of German Gothic through her beloved Albert.