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During the Napoleonic Wars, British regiments had a distinctive way of framing the buttons with lace. The lace was arranged in different styles, singles or paired, square or pointed, and woven from different coloured thread. Below you can see a reproduction of them with the unique combination of thread colours and pattern for each of them.

1st Regiment of foot - Royal Scots

As per Charles Hamilton Smith's plate

As per C. E. Franklin - Up to 1806

As per C. E. Franklin - From 1806

2nd Regiment of foot - Queen's Royal

3rd Regiment of foot - Royal East Kent Regiment - "The Buffs"

As per Charles Hamilton Smith's plate

As per C. E. Franklin

4th Regiment of foot - King's Own

5th Regiment of foot - Northhumberland Regiment

6th Regiment of foot - 1st Warwickshire

7th Regiment of foot - Royal Fuziliers

8th Regiment of foot - The King's

9th Regiment of foot - East Norfolk

10th Regiment of foot - North Lincoln

As per Charles Hamilton Smith's plate

As per C. E. Franklin - 1803 to 1815

LACES REGIMENTS 11 TO 20

Source: Charles Hamilton Smith - C. E. Franklin