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Possible Volunteer Button BV 1797
I would like some help to identify this button I think it relates to British Volunteer Corps established in 1797 but I can't find anything similar or correctly id what volunteer regiment this button belonged to.
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The only Volunteer unit I can see that has B.V. is the Blackpool Volunteers see K.K. badge 1636 however, I do not know enough about its History to say if it went back to 1797 also the significance of the spry either side with Blackpool being on the coast.
Best Hiram
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In the autumn of 1798, the British government ordered a survey of the total number of infantry and cavalry volunteer corps in existence throughout the island.
The county volunteer corps starting with the letter B were, Beds, Berks, Bucks, Brecon, Banff, Berwick, & Bute. From, Britons Forging The Nation 1707 - 1837, by Linda Colley. David. Last edited by Buttonman; 09-09-21 at 03:31 PM. |
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Given the manufacturer it is most probably an Irish uniform button but civil, military or livery or what, I know not.
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has a Dublin backmark and could quite easily be one of many Irish volunteer forces set up at the same time as the English ones also.
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wow same time posting lol great minds
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I sometimes mention my facebook group which deals with this type of button. I've come across quite a few English and Scottish ones and not seen that one so it may have more of a chance of being Irish. https://www.facebook.com/groups/117082335639412
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Thanks. Appreciate the response.
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