artillery button??

[Mainedigger]

Found this button in the old apple orchard at an old farm house. It has what appears to be an scripted A over an unside down crescent...Possibly an old artillery button?? And if so then how old??
Thanks for your help.

 

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[Mainedigger]

I think I may have found it....an artillery button from the war of 1812....
http://www.civilwarbuttons.com/ra1431.JPG

 

[armchairQB30]

Good call Maine.

 

[Montana Jim]

I agree! Awesome button!