Hammer

£200

Shanghai Volunteer Corps set of 11 buttons. Good scarce set of five tunic, four pocket and two epaulette buttons. All bearing strap 4TH APRIL 1854 with SVC to lined centre. No backmarks GC 4th April 1854 refers to the unit’s first engagement, the Battle of Muddy Flats. The SVC was disbanded early in 1942 after the Japanese took over the International Settlement