Beautiful late colonial/ early 1800's cufflink with sailing ship design

[VTColonialDigger]

I found this near my house on Friday. I am really happy with it as it is my first old cufflink. It features a sailing ship and the word VICTORY at the top.



I know that there was and HMS Victory in the Royal Navy, and that it was the flagship of the Royal Navy during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. I am not sure if this is the ship that is depicted on the cufflink/button.

What do you all think about it?

What ever it is I am really happy with it, and love the design.

Good Luck & Happy Hunting,
VTColonialDigger

 

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[hogge]

Very Interesting. Nice find!

 

[Steve in PA]

That's a really cool cufflink and probably is related to the HMS Victory.

 

[Hawks88]

Very nice find. Congratulations.

 

[cambria09]

Hello VCD. That is one sweet find...now get out there and find the other one! Thanks for the post and Good Luck out there. C9

 

[Iron Patch]

Absolutely! Nice find. Victory was commonly used on those early patriotic cufflinks.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...atch-claimed-victory-rare-early-cufflink.html

 

[RiverRat3]

Nice find!!!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Great little piece of history. You just don't see cufflinks like yours pop out of the ground very often.