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Silver gilded army button with a hand holding a snake and has wings beside it with what looks like a tree between them? Found in Hampshire.
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Its a mid 1800s-late 1800s, if you soak in lemon juice it will clean up good. (make sure you wash with water after soaking)
Not the best treatment for it as you are likely to remove a lot of the coating......just leave it as it is, it's just fine
This is a livery button dating to 1840-1845 (by the back markings) and indicates a double-barrelled name popular at the time when two families joined in marriage. I haven't been able to identify the left hand crest but I'm not the only one British Armorial Bindings and the right hand crest is for one of these families Antique Silver : MyFamilySilver.com my best guess would be Coleman as they are from Wiltshire which is the nearest to you. The 'tree' is actually called a caltrap, a four pronged device used to delay cavalry during medieval times. It is stylised on this crest as in reality one of the four prongs will always be uppermost no matter what attitude it lands on the ground.
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