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<blockquote data-quote="Deepseeker" data-source="post: 609650" data-attributes="member: 13321"><p>Good brainstorming guys, and a valid point Detectist. At first I was thinking a Livery button, but then it wouldn't make sense there being a crown with the family's initials. Of course, towns/localities/organisations often did have their own militia or cadet regiment. It could be (for instance) something as easy as University Regiment or similar.</p><p></p><p>By the way, here's a pic of a button from the 1st Oxford University Rifle Corps. The U is exactly the same as mineallmines find. </p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/13321/1622504752_oxfordrifles.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And then, here is a South African button from the Umvoti Mounted rifles. Completely different font, but also with a crown. That's another thing to muddy the waters- Many countries were at one time a British Colony or part of the Commonwealth, and could at one time have had a crown on their buttons. But, once again the detail in the crown could tell us under which monarchs reign the button was made.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/13321/1622505113_umvoti.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The button itself may even be a red herring, in that it could be a one-off rat find brought back from war to Australia by a returned soldier?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deepseeker, post: 609650, member: 13321"] Good brainstorming guys, and a valid point Detectist. At first I was thinking a Livery button, but then it wouldn't make sense there being a crown with the family's initials. Of course, towns/localities/organisations often did have their own militia or cadet regiment. It could be (for instance) something as easy as University Regiment or similar. By the way, here's a pic of a button from the 1st Oxford University Rifle Corps. The U is exactly the same as mineallmines find. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/13321/1622504752_oxfordrifles.jpg[/img] And then, here is a South African button from the Umvoti Mounted rifles. Completely different font, but also with a crown. That's another thing to muddy the waters- Many countries were at one time a British Colony or part of the Commonwealth, and could at one time have had a crown on their buttons. But, once again the detail in the crown could tell us under which monarchs reign the button was made. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/13321/1622505113_umvoti.jpg[/img] The button itself may even be a red herring, in that it could be a one-off rat find brought back from war to Australia by a returned soldier? [/QUOTE]
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