Royal Sussex Regiment Large Silver Plated Mess Waiters / Orderlies Button

Circa 29 mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked Jennens & Co (PoW feathers) London to reverse. A very large solid button with light wear to silver plate on highpoints otherwise in very good condition.Pre 1912 as Jennens stopped making buttons about then. Scarce as there would only have been circa half a dozen officers' mess room orderlies.Ripley page 59 refers for other regimental examples although the Sussex regiment one is not mentioned or illustrated.G180.6