BarnacleBill
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or who knows. I found this yesterday in the lake and never really gave it much thought, as I find all sorts of copper snaps and little flat buttons all the time and just pitch them in the trash. So after seeing Tony's buttons, before I heaved this one I looked at it with my loupe, and low & behold it has some sort of chicken or vulture on the front with little horizontal lines.
I took photos tonite and tried to enhance them as much as possible, but there is a good deal of corrosion. There is a small hole in the breast of this bird. Now I was going to try and clean this a little with electrolysis, but since the metal is already thin, I didn't want to damage it more.
So any opinions?? Electrolysis yes/no? Does the back type tell anything about date of manufacture?
All opinions welcomed.
BarnacleBill
I took photos tonite and tried to enhance them as much as possible, but there is a good deal of corrosion. There is a small hole in the breast of this bird. Now I was going to try and clean this a little with electrolysis, but since the metal is already thin, I didn't want to damage it more.
So any opinions?? Electrolysis yes/no? Does the back type tell anything about date of manufacture?
All opinions welcomed.
BarnacleBill
This would fall into the "Civilian" category....probably from a sport coat so they are also called "blazer buttons". Your right, many have an eagle or anchor that fools folks into thinking they have a military button because the same motif's were copied on blazers. The US. army great seal buttons were heavily used on civilian jackets up till recently (& maybe still are)......As you mentioned, a good clue is the back. That's a more modern shank. In Civil War days they were more like Tony's & backmarked. Don't feel bad....I had a whole cupfull of similar eagle/anchor ones & thought I'd struck it rich until a Civil War dealer busted my bubble