15th Regiment of Foot (East Yorkshire) – Victorian Officer’s Gilt Tunic Button, by Jennens & Co

Title: 15th Regiment of Foot (East Yorkshire) – Victorian Officer’s Gilt Tunic Button, by Jennens & Co., London
Description:
A superb example of a pre-1881 officer’s large gilt tunic button for the 15th Regiment of Foot, later the East Yorkshire Regiment. The face bears the regimental numeral 15 within a laurel wreath, surrounded by a bold sunburst with beaded border — a design authorised for the regiment in the Victorian period, discontinued after the 1881 Childers Reforms when the number was replaced by the East Yorkshire rose. The reverse carries the original fixed shank and the backmark of Jennens & Co., London, one of the most prestigious British military button makers of the nineteenth century. Condition is outstanding — gilt bright, detail crisp