5th Royal Irish Lancers brass button, 1861–1901 Pattern, a 21mm British cavalry uniform button associated with the historic 5th Royal Irish Lancers during the Victorian period. The pattern dates from the reign of Queen Victoria and covers a significant period of the regiment’s nineteenth-century service, making it particularly relevant to collections of Victorian British cavalry insignia.
The 5th Royal Irish Lancers traced their lineage to the 5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons and became a lancer regiment in the early nineteenth century. The regiment saw extensive overseas service during the Victorian era, including campaigns associated with the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, before later service during the South African War and the First World War. Its distinctive Irish and cavalry traditions make surviving regimental uniform items of particular interest to collectors.
This brass button is suitable for collections covering Victorian cavalry, British Army uniform buttons, Royal Irish Lancers insignia, nineteenth-century military history and British Empire militaria. The 1861–1901 pattern provides a useful period-specific example of the regiment’s uniform appointments before the Edwardian era.
Dimensions
21mm diameter.
Condition
Good overall condition with age-related wear and surface patination. The brass retains clear definition to the principal regimental design and the button is suitable for display or inclusion in a collection of Victorian British cavalry insignia.
