✅ SOLVED any info on this G.G button

[Pipster]

i don't know much about buttons so i am turning it over to yall
i only found a replica site "the waterbury button company" but they don't say what the button was originally
made for

i am turning to you guys on this one

front G.G
back looks like D _ _ _ _ N co.

thanks for your help in advance

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Your 2-piece brass button with "G.G." on its front is shown as button #CO-4 in the American Uniform buttons identification book by Alphaeus H. Albert. The "G.G." stands for the Governor's Guard of Colorado. Your profile shows you live in Colorado, so I looked for that state's buttons in the Albert book. Colorado became a state in 1876, so I would guess your button dates from sometime between the 1880s and the early 1900s. Knowing what the backmark says would help narrow down that time-range. Please clean the backmark a bit more. I think it says "DEVLIN & CO. N.Y." and if I'm correct your button would be from no later than 1893, the year that Devlin & Co. went out of business.

 

[Pipster]

The back is a little toasty and the shank is gone I will see if I can get it any better thanks for the info I really appreciate your help

 

[Pipster]

thanks cannon ball guy i cleaned them up a bit further DEVLIN is on the back thanks for your research i never would have thought it to be that old was about 6" down in a park
here are some cleaned up pictures