Can Anybody ID This Early Toasted British Cavalry Button?

bookfisher

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I found this button in the woods last week. It is in real bad condition, but was easier to read until I "cleaned" it. The button has a crown above "GR" in script. Before I cleaned it, I could clearly read CAVALRY along the bottom. There are also words above the crown, but I could not make them out even before cleaning. Finally, I'm almost postive the backmark is BYRNE AND BRENNAN DUBLIN. Any help on this button would be greatly appreciated. I have done several google (and advanced google) searches using different combinations of key words and have come up with nothing.
 

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Nice find, Bill! Do you have any idea if it is Revolutionary era? The only British buttons I found that look like that type are all post Revolutionary.
 

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Buttons like this can be a challenge because there's so many small units. The top word is likely a place name in Ireland. Can you see any letters?
 

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It is a British army button. Now the trick is finding out what year it is from. I am looking.
 

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Iron Patch said:
Buttons like this can be a challenge because there's so many small units. The top word is likely a place name in Ireland. Can you see any letters?

Thanks IP. The only letter I can make out is the first letter, which is an "A" located at about the 10 o'c;lock position.
 

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