This is an original British Army George III - Royal Naval Hospital RNH Button - WD and maker marked - and on the rear FIRMINS - LONDON.
There are THREE of these buttons in the Royal Naval Museum in Grenwich and there is reputedly another on display in Antigua in the Nelson Dockyards Museum. I cannot find another one for sale.
This is an original button and we have not tried to clean it. Undoubtedly it would clean up more but that needs to be done carefully. Basic reading online indicates that these were worn by hospital staff in the early 1800's.
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