Corps of Royal Engineers Corps of Royal Engineers Service Dress Anodised 40 Ligne Button

The RE officer button shows the Royal Cypher within the Garter and motto under a Crown, with Royal Engineers around the lower half; cap and mess buttons place the title on a scroll below the Garter.

The Army issue-pattern schedule specifies black nylon for RIFLES, Brigade of Gurkhas except QGE and QOGLR, R IRISH except pipers, and LONDON IRISH RIFLES; black anodized for QOGLR; optional black ball for RIFLES warrant officers in No. 2 Dress; bronze for PWRR; silver anodized for HAC (Inf), QOY (NH), NIH, 41 Signal Regt (V), SAS, SRR, SASC and pipers of SG, IG, SCOTS, R IRISH and QVs; and gold anodized for all other regiments and corps.

The source distinguishes the Officer pattern specification within Royal Engineers Buttons.

For anodized-aluminium button variants, abrasive cleaning and metal polish are prohibited; an occasional wipe with a damp clean cloth is sufficient.

Regimental buttons in the standard sizes are issued for caps, greatcoats and Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6 Dress and are fixed under regimental arrangements.

Standard Army regimental-button diameters are 15 mm (22 ligne) for cap buttons, 25 mm (40 ligne) for large buttons and 20 mm (30 ligne) for small buttons.

The cited source passage supplies the buttons specification for this article.

The cited regulation directly identifies this article in its buttons prescription.

The mess-jacket epaulettes are fastened with mounted 22-ligne RE buttons.

The dark-blue band cape fastens with small RE-pattern buttons.

Service Dress anodised Royal Engineers buttons in 40 and 30 ligne.

Goldings’ WordPress catalogue records the customer-facing parent name “Corps of Royal Engineers Service Dress 40/30 Line anodised Button (each)”.