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Old 04-02-19, 12:18 AM
4966Ian 4966Ian is offline
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Yes. . as Toby suggests, this is a small Officers' Mess Waiter's Button to the Connaught Rangers.

The button shown by Toby in his second post (QVC atop Harp surrounded by a large wreath of Shamrocks) is a Mess Waiter's Button to The Royal Irish Regiment.
Though this button went against the norm for Mess Waiter Buttons by being a 'closed' back design rather than the more normal open back (livery style) button.

Generally for the Mess Waiter buttons, the small buttons are circa 16-17mm, whilst the large buttons are circa 25-27mm.

I collect Officers Mess Waiter's buttons, so if anyone has any they want to sell, please let me know.

All the best

Ian
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