Metal detecting holidays in England

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Military named regiments and RAF
Royal Artillery Post 1795
Officer & O/R's - 1831-1840
Selection of types
Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
Officer & O/R's - 1831-1840
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
?
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
Royal Horse Artillery
Generic Issue

Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901
Cap bage
Royal Horse Artillery
Generic Issue


Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901
Royal artillery button

Royal Artillery button

Dates - 1840 - 1855

Royal Artillery button

O/R's - 1855-1873

Royal Artillery 1860-1912
Charles Jennens
[Prince of WalesPlume]
London

Royal Horse Artillery
Generic Issue


Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901

 

Royal Horse Artillery

1888-1889
Smith & Wright Ltd
180 Brearley Street, Birmingham

1795 Pattern Royal Artillery
1795 Pattern Royal Artillery
Royal Horse Artillery
Generic Issue


Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901

Royal Horse Artillery
Generic Issue


Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901

Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
Royal Horse Artillery

1888-1889
Smith & Wright Ltd
180 Brearley Street, Birmingham

1795 Pattern Royal Artillery
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
Royal Horse Artillery
Generic Issue


Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901

Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802

Royal Artillery button

Dates - 1840 - 1855

Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
     
Generic Issue - 2nd Pattern
Officer & O/R's - 1790-1802
     
General Service & Named Regiments
General service button 1902-1952
General service button 1902-1952
Royal Corps Of Signals (with Lettering) - 1920-1947
General service button 1902-1952
General service button 1902-1952
General service button 1902-1952
General service button 1902-1952
Licestershire Regiment button
"... Corps of Loyal Colchester Volunteers," raised in consequence of the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. The total amount raised by this subscription was 1,392 ". A rare button indeed

Army Ordnance Corp button

Ordeance ?

Royal Welsh Fusiliers button 1881- 1920
1855 on - Coldstream guards button
Royal Signals Regiment button 1921-46
7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), 1855-1922
Gloucestershire Regiment George the Sixth 1936-1952

Royal Engineers

Officer & O/R's - 1937-1952

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 1881-1961
Army Cadet Force
Volunteers army button
Royal Engineers button
Essex Regiment button
Early one piece military button with Royal fusiliers type motif
Northamptonshire Regiment
Volunteer Engineer button
Bedfordshire button
1876-1894
Jelialabad button for the Essex regiment
WWII Irish regiment
Early one piece Dragoon Guards button
Bedfordshire - Hertfordshire button

Royal Engineer Department

Officer & O/R's - 1837-1855

Coldstream Guards

Officer - 1800-1820

Royal Engineers button

Royal Engineer Department

Officer & O/R's - 1837-1855

Coldstream Guards

Officer - 1855-
The Dorsetshire Regiment

Grenadier Guards

Officer - 1820-1829

Volunteer Engineer button

Grenadier Guards

Officer - 1820-1829

The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry)
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Reg't
Republic of Ireland Army 1920
Republic of Ireland Army 1920 - Officers button
Republic of Ireland Army 1920
WWI Machine gun corp - 1915-1922
7th Queen's Own
Hussars
Officer - 1861-1866
Coldstream Guards

The Royal Staffordshire Reg

1881

?
General service button 1902-1952
Military Police
WWI Machine gun corp - 1915-1922 lapel button

Coldstream Guards

Officer - 1800-1820

George VI Royal Engineers button
Colchester Volunteers button
WWII Royal Army service corp

The Queens Lancers 1855 7th Lancers or 7th/11th Lancers

In use by 1881

Smith & Wright - Birmingham

1920's Irish Army
The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry)
French artillery after 1914-18
1920's onwards Irish Army button
1920's onwards Irish Army button

Essex regiment

1907-1959
Buttons Ltd

1920's onwards Irish Army button
Royal Engineer Department


Officer & O/R's - 1837-1855

Leicester Regiment ? Not in the reference books

Essex regiment

1907-1959
Buttons Ltd

WWII The Royal Sussex Regiment

WWII 5th Dragoon guards

Firmin London

1839-1849

The Essex Regiment

Back Mark - J Samuel London W1

19th Leicestershire 'Volonteers'

Not in the books

 

1881 Grenadier Guards

Smith & Wright
Birmingham

1940-1948
Army Veterinary Service

J R Gaunt & Son Ltd
London

WWII

General service cuff button

Firmin
London

Grenadier Guards ?

1832-1912
Jennens & Co
London

1895-1915

5th Dragoon guards

Firmin & Sons Ltd

London

The Kings Shrophire Light Infantry

Pre 1947

Worcestershire Reg't - 1909 - 1970
"... Corps of Loyal Colchester Volunteers," raised in consequence of the fears of invasion by Napoleon in July, 1803. The total amount raised by this subscription was 1,392 ". A rare button indeed'

1881- 1956

Manchester Regiment

Essex regiment

1907-1959

Buttons Ltd Birmingham

1855 on

Scotts Guards

WWII Royal Engineers
ROYAL MARINES
This button dates 1923 - 1952
O/R's Tunic Button
Maker = Smith & Wright, B'ham
RMLI & RMA merged in 1923
Womens Royal Army Corps, post 1949
Royal Engineer Department

In use by 1881

Smith & Wright - Birmingham

1888-1889
Royal Army Medical Corp

Smith & Wright Ltd - Birmingham

Derbyshire 15th Volunteers

'Raised - 1860 to 1887 when it was renamed the 1st Vol' Batt'n Sherwood Foresters'.

Unknown maker

W.Fernet Noogth

Derby

Pre 1947 The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry)
?

The Northamptonshire Regiment

1888-1889
Smith & Wright Ltd

Irish Volunteers Reg
?
Royal Corp of transport

Royal Harwich Volunteers button - not in any books

Back mark

Treble gilt

5th Dragoon Guards

 

Early 20th C
Firmin & Sons Ltd
London

The Royal Regiment

1840
Smith, Kemp & Wright
Brearley Street, Birmingham

The Dorsetshire Regiment

Mid 20th C
Firmin
London

Grenadier Guards


1832-1912
Jennens & Co
London

15th The Kings Royal Hussars- this type not in ref books
Military button - not checked ref books yet

Royal Ordnance Corp

 

Firmin and Sons London

Early 20th C

20thC Irish Volunteers

P & T

 

Unknown maker - Jackson

30 Gracechurch St London

Not checked ref books yet
Royal Engineer Department

In use by 1881

Smith & Wright - Birmingham

Military button - not checked ref books yet
The Rifle Brigade lead mount
Scots Fusilier Guards
( Scots Guards )
Officer - 1856-1877
York & Lancaster Regiment - In use from 1881

Victorian Generic Military HQ Staff Officer

Smith & Wright
Birmingham

1840 -81

Pre 1947 The Kings (Shropshire Light infantry)

Victoria Royal Engineers button

Officer & O/R's - 1856-1901

Unrecorded

Buckingham shire

Back mark

J Gaunt & Sons London

1899 onwards

Great condition General service Army button - From 1890
RGB ?
T...... Volunteer Cavalry
Again an old British Army button B.... Militia.
London Borough Volunteers 
WWI machine gun corp button

1855 on

Scotts Guards

19thC The Royal Staffordshire Reg
GR Military button sent of for ID - not in books

1839-1849

The Essex Regiment

Back Mark - J Samuel London W1

Royal Fusiliers - not checkd books yet
Royal fusiliers button
Scots guards button
Military button ? - not checked ref books yet
1890 General Service button
Royal Army Service Corp
Army button ?
GR Army button ?
Military button GR
Not known
Victorian Army button ?
Coldstream Guards

Officer - 1855

Royal fusiliers button ? Not checked books yet

Back mark Best Quality S

Military button Crown EK - not in ref books
Early petwer miltary button - not found it in the ref books
??
WWII Irish army button

Unknown Hon. Artillery Com.

*ch Dien

Interesting military button ?
O**** Regiment - Harp design
19thC Essex regiment button

Kings Royal rifle Corp

1881- 1958

Rare find 19thC Ipswich Loyal Volunteers army button
WWII Tank regiment button
19thC 3rd Essex Militaria button
The Linconshire regiment button
Excellent button find - 19thC GR 'Royal Waggon Train'
19thC Kings draggon guards button
19thC Dragoon guard button

Unrecorded 5th Dragoon guards button

Crimera war period

 
Military button ?
20thC George V Army button
 
Air force
Heavily gilded Royal airforce button
GVI R2540 Royal airforce button
GVI R2540 Royal Air
WWII Royal air force
WWII RAF button
Air training corp
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force

WWII Royal air force

BM

20thC Cheney
B’ham

WWII Royal air force

Turner & Sons

Birmingham

Royal Air Force

1907-1959

Buttons Ltd Birmingham

Royal Air Force

Mid 20th C
Firmin
London

Royal Air Force

Special quality

WWII Royal Air Force

W Twigg & Co Ltd
Birmingham

It's in poor shape but it's a great find , the first 1912 -18 Royal Flying Corp button found here - Pre Royal Air force
WWII Royal air force
WWII Royal air force
Air training corp
     
WWII Royal airforce button