5th Northumberland Fusiliers, officer’s button, 20mm

5th Northumberland Fusiliers officer’s gilt blazer or hunt button with back mark  PITT & Co 31 MADDOX ST LONDON. The flat 20mm button has the regiment’s usual design of St George & the dragon with Roman numeral V beneath.  The button probably dates from the Edwardian period. Although the regiment did not have its own pack officers may have worn these buttons on their field or dress coats when hunting as guets with hunts near where they were stationed. mar31/3