Interesting thread. I collect "stuff" associated with the regiments that my family served with, so basically all the Scottish regiments and their anticedents. Buttons are a new addition for me, and as my relatives were all, bar a couple, O/Rs that is what I collect. I also found it initially surprising that O/R buttons were much scarcer than officers, the reverse of cap badges. When I asked a couple of specialist button dealers they said there was not much call for O/R buttons from serious collectors and consequently carried very few examples. Those that I have seen especially for the Regimets of Foot go for high prices and are keenly fought over on eBay. What I do see are the battlefield "dug" examples which seem to appear with great regularity. It does make you wonder if these are legitimately acquired? Maybe no worse than WW1 battlefield finds?
Bryan
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