Hi Chaps
Al -- 15th Londons - sounds like your button might have been a OSD button. The Staffs backmarks still bother me a bit though. I thought they might have been in that area for training before going overseas and could have sourced buttons locally. Unfortunately, they don't appear to have been.
Ian - the 2nd one above. If it's "HCC" what springs to mind is Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry but I can't find any record of them wearing such a button. I think it's probably a mufti button or possibly a livery button. It's certainly a crest at the top (note the torse the lion is standing on), perhaps the script relates to the family concerned? Unusual for a livery button to have a mounted design though, other than Royal livery
David
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