King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, officer’s Victorian gilt 24mm worn 1881-86.

£28.00

A good example of a Victorian officer’s variant 24mm gilt button of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry worn for just a few years after 1881. The button has the backmark JENNENS & Co. LONDON. The button differs from the standard Victorian pattern in having a scalloped edge and not having the central rose in silver. jul23/1

Ripley & Darmanin: Buttons of the Regular Army 1855-2000 [2002] illustrates this example at 374,

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