Button book ????

[jbr13]

What button identification book or books do you button guys recommend?

Thanks for you time!


Jason

 

[LaRelic]

I believe the most current is Millitary Buttons of the United States 1767-1865 by Warren K. Tice. It is also very expensive from what I have seen. I have not bought one because of this. Alberts button book is also pretty good ,it is older and not as up to date and is much cheaper. Hope this helps...HH

 

[Eliteuser]

I like Alberts book much better, has many more buttons and a wider range of years

 

[LaRelic]

The only problem I had with Alberts book was it showed a louisiana pelican button I had found as being civil war period. I later found out that it was post war. It was a bummer I even dug it in a campsite with multiple good civil war finds. I believe that Tices book showed the correct lineage of the back mark for the button I had. Which was showed being post war.