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REGIMENTAL BUTTONS
from those who fought at
The Battle of Jersey - 6th January 1781
The above button is 20mm in diameter, flat silver plate, found in St. Clement, Jersey.
Maker: J. Nutting (engraved in 18thC as “I Nutting” I = Joseph
Joseph Nutting of King Street, Covent Garden, was recorded in a Court Judgement
from the Old Bailey 1779.
83rd - diameter 20mm - gilt, flat. Maker’s mark on the back: S. Firmin, Strand 1771-1780.
Note: the button is bent and is in fact a flat button and not domed. The 83rd Division served
in Jersey at the Battle in 1781 and did not again return to the Island in service.
