Button, Military
Description
A military button used to attach to a uniform, for the Royal Engineers. The button has rusted and is therefore red brown in colour. On the front there is a small crown embossed on the metal, beneath which are the words " ROYAL ENGINEERS " and the
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This
well-worn
badge
hints
at
the
multilayered
history
present
at
the
site
of
the
New
Plymouth
Prison
on
Marsland
Hill.
This
button
belonged
to
a
member
of
the
Royal
Engineers.
The
regiment
were
stationed
at
the
barracks
at
Marsland
Hill
during
the
1860s.
After
the
end
of
the
Taranaki
Wars,
the
old
military
hospital
on
the
site
was
converted
to
become
the
New
Plymouth
Prison,
and
it
was
on
the
grounds
of
the
prison
that
this
button
was
uncovered.
Accession number
PA2013.010
Collection type
Material
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