3rd East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) brass 25mm c 1855-72

An other ranks 25mm brass example of the 3rd East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) with the Irish backmark P. TAIT & Co. LIMERICK . There is a little rubbing on the high points of thr dragon. Most regiments ceased wearing the numbered button on the soldiers’ buttons from 1872 when the general service pattern was introduced. After the 1881 reforms the regiment beame The Royal East Kent Regiment. may1/1