Royal Mid Lothian Cavalry, officer’s 17mm

A domed officer’s silver plated 17mm domed button with the regiment’s initials R M L C around a Georgian crown. There is no back mark, although the original shank remains intact. There is a little of the underlying copper base bleeding through the silver plate in places. Ripley & Darmanin: Yeomanry Buttons show a drawing of this pattern 146.    sep13/3