Found a small bag of mostly "curious but may be trash" stuff in the bottom of the equipment bag I brought back from the UK.
In the bag was a dirty encrusted button. Cleaned the button and was able to identify it as a "The East Lancashire Regiment" button. Don't know it's age but this regiment was formed in 1881 and disbanded in 1958. I suspect it's from the WWI era. Here it is:
[attachment 40137 eastlanchasireregimentbuttonedit100dpi.jpg]
I found one in better shape on E-bay that had been made into a "sweetheart pin". In this photo you can see what my button used to look like.
[attachment 40138 eastlanchasireregimentbuttonedit100dpigreen.jpg]
In the bag was a dirty encrusted button. Cleaned the button and was able to identify it as a "The East Lancashire Regiment" button. Don't know it's age but this regiment was formed in 1881 and disbanded in 1958. I suspect it's from the WWI era. Here it is:
[attachment 40137 eastlanchasireregimentbuttonedit100dpi.jpg]
I found one in better shape on E-bay that had been made into a "sweetheart pin". In this photo you can see what my button used to look like.
[attachment 40138 eastlanchasireregimentbuttonedit100dpigreen.jpg]
