description
Physical description
1 large button, 2 small buttons, card, seal
button: the letter A, cypher of the late Queen Alexandra, thereon the Dannebrog inscribed 1875 surmounted by a crown; below a scroll inscribed The Princess of Wales's Own
card: inscribed, CA 1762-64 Sample No. 3948 Buttons The Green Howards. Gilding Metal. Large. Small drop shank. Small fixed shank (Cat No. 845-7 & 729-31, deleted); Specn U/208; approved 10/4/24 (signature illegible)
seal: the shield of the Arms of the Board of Ordnance
History note
card: reverse inscribed Box 85 (120 deleted)
History note
card: reverse inscribed with two lists of dates each followed by initials of authorising officer; those in the left hand column record the date the pattern was issued, while those in the right record the date the pattern was returned; the dates are: (left column) 12/12/32, 28/11/34, 12/12/35, 24/2/36, 17/11/36, 20/5/37, 23/8/37, 26/1/39; (right column) 27/6/32, 5/12/35, 18/2/36, 5/8/36, 24/3/37, 9/7/37
History note
card: reverse inscribed Firmin & Son Ltd 15/7/49 followed by initials CAB
Embossed
THE PRINCESS OF WALES'S OWN
