I bought a small amount of uniform buttons at a local aution house.
The "Victorian Crown" caught my eye...
Provincial Cavalry
Can't read the maker in the back... (Firmin?) but it's London made.
Would it be from one of the regiments below?
If so... Sweeeeet!!! Any idea of the value/rarity?
CANADIAN CORPS 1764-1871
Listed here are only those corps on active duty for more than two years at the time of the 1837-38 Rebellions. The name of an American state is given in instances where the corps were raised in locations that are now in the United States.
Cavalry
Provincial Cavalry (up to five companies with a variety of names) 1812-15: Quebec, Ontario.
Provincial Light Cavalry (Queen's Light Dragoons & Royal Montreal Cavalry), 1837-50: Quebec.
Huntington Frontier Cavalry, 1837-43: Quebec.
Stanstead Frontier Cavalry, 1838-43: Quebec.
Shefford Frontier Cavalry, 1837-43: Quebec.
Incorporated Light Dragoons, 1837-43: Ontario.
http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/page-538-eng.asp