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Old 02-03-19, 08:44 AM
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Default Military Button ID please

This button has a Crown And a Harp on it ,just like the crown and harp you would find on Irish coins in the 1740's . Below the crown and harp is a Canon. there is writing on the back but is very badly eaten away. Can anyone id it for me
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Old 02-03-19, 09:36 AM
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Looks like Royal Irish Artillery c1800 to me, A British regiment part of the Royal Artillery which the button is based on (3 cannons balls over 3 cannons on shield)

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Old 02-03-19, 10:48 PM
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Default Royal Irish Artillery button.

I’ll concur on the above. I have two different sizes of these, dug in New York State, (U.S./Canada frontier) Which is a rarity as I believe only 60 men from this regiment came to North America with the R.A. Regards, D.J.
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Old 03-03-19, 12:00 AM
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Further to my post above, 1) This button is shown in Litchfield’s “Uniform Insignia of The Royal Regiment of Artillery- BUTTONS” and states 1785-1801.
2) On page 20 of “History Written With Pick and Shovel”, Published by the New York Historical Society, 1950. There is a photo’ of the same type button dug at Fort George, (Ontario), from a Revolutionary era building (1775-1783). ..D.J.
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Old 04-03-19, 09:37 AM
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Further to my post above, 1) This button is shown in Litchfield’s “Uniform Insignia of The Royal Regiment of Artillery- BUTTONS” and states 1785-1801.
2) On page 20 of “History Written With Pick and Shovel”, Published by the New York Historical Society, 1950. There is a photo’ of the same type button dug at Fort George, (Ontario), from a Revolutionary era building (1775-1783). ..D.J.
This button was found in county Laois , Ireland . according to what ive been reading online the Royal Irish Artillery were sent to fight in the American War of Independence, but a large number of them deserted as soon as they arrived in America, according to a letter from the officer in command of them,
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