The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

3rd Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards and 21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Officers ‘Bone back’ Buttons c.1770-80.
Two extremely rare examples, the first 23mm very slightly convex, shows in low relief the Prince of Wales’s Badge & Motto, the motto sited where the coronet would usually be, below the feathers ‘D’ and ‘G’, all within an elaborate inward facing circle of leaves, the bone back retains the original gut fastening, the second 25mm flat shows in very low relief St. Edward’s crown over ’21’ over a thistle spray the whole within a border of inward facing thistle leaves, the bone back lacking the gut fastening, the second with a slight dent and lacking some gilt, otherwise both in good condition (2) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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