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70 buttons and counting in 1 small field
Hi folks I thought I'd share a few pics of the buttons I retrieved from a field on Saturday iv got 70 and there's lots more to come they cover 7 different regiments.this is just a random country field in County fermanagh which makes u wonder how they got there
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Wow what a find !!!!!
Andy
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A veritable treasure trove - well done that man...
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Collecting: Despatch Rider Insignia & Photographs. Author/Dealer in the Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife My website: www.fsknife.com |
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Possibly residue from the shoddy industry in the locality!
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That would be my guess. Old clothes (uniforms in this case) used as fertiliser! A common practice years ago. The only other possibility would be a major military camp but I think there are too many buttons for that!
Whatever the cause a very nice haul, well done. But for your efforts these could have been lost for ever. Roger |
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These buttons seem to cover a wide time span as the pewter 31st buttons have a nutting back mark and the 27th have a hebbert back mark which I beleive are early while the domed 2 piece ones seem victorian?? Was there such a thing as army surplus maybe doling old uniforms out during famine times in ireland and maybe removing buttons only a thought
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Good gracious, Victorian and the 27th are particularly nice.
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