I have been sorting my Yeomanry buttons of which I have very few and this one has me wondering.
Yeomanry Buttons 1830-2000 by Ripley and Darmanin sadly doesn't give dates of use for the buttons illustrated so its difficult some times to work out a period but as a general rule anything marked "IY" should be pre 1908.
Its 19mm aprox so is a medium or small button depending on your preference.
I assume the Worcester Hussars button used during the first and second war period is 233, this "IY" marked example is 232.
Does this prove that it wasn't only the large buttons faked?
Rob
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