Unknowm uniform button at RAF Halifax crashsite

[Grey Eagle]

I found this button at a crash site of a RAF Halifax, any idea were it belongs to?

[The Boy In Battle Dress]

I don't know an awful lot about Military buttons but that looks a lot older than anything the RAF have ever come out with

[Gunny Hartmann]

The only button i can find with a crown and portcullis is a Victorian customs button.

[big ned]

One of the Westminster Yeomanry T.A. type regiments?? I think there were several and Dragoons too.

[Adrian Stevenson]

I think Ned is on the right track.

I am certain I have seen this design before, but I cannot bring it to mind. Certainly not RAF related.

Cheers, Ade.

[Jerry B]

Looks Victorian, but unless it is for a Militia unit or dates to before 1855 it is not British army according to the book on British army buttons 1855-2000 by Howard Ripley. It might be Police or Customs as Gunny suggested.

[bananamafia]

the only other emblem with a crowned portcullis i can think of is the "Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary"
Somerset Herald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

completly pointless fact i know, but Im just so proud of myself for remembering something i needed to share my amazement.... next step is to remember something relevant.

[big ned]

I'm going for the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, a yeomanry regiment as I mooted earlier due to the garter. The button could have been a good luck charm for one of the crew, or perhaps was already in the ground before the crash?

[Gunny Hartmann]

I think Ned got it!.....

[Jerry B]

Doh, just found it and was going to post. Well done Ned.