14th Regt. of Foot.brass 25mm 1855-81

A very example of the 25mm brass button of the 14th Regiment of Foot , as worn by other ranks for part of the time from 1855 to 1881, with the design of a Bengal tiger above the numeral 14 with the battle honours INDIA above and WATERLOO below. It has the Irish backmark P. TAIT & Co. LIMERICK and shows little sign of polishing. At this time the 14th was The Buckinghamshire, The Prince of Wales’s Own but after 1881 it became The West Yorkshire, Prince of Wales’s Own. This is one of only two numbered buttons to display a tiger indicative of its early India service, the other being the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers. This button has been in my private collection since the 1970s and never cleaned. aug31/4