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This button was found in the 1999 in South Carolina. It represents a Pelican Guards button with back-mark "Napol zoim?" or "napoli" or "rim" ? sorry the backmark gold plated smear marks is making it tough too read the last letters. I have seen the same buttons in "Record Of American Uniform and historical buttons" on page 153 but it is not any of them. Any light on this button?
 

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While I'm no substitute for TCG in the way of button ID's I believe you may be reading those letters incorrectly... I read that as CP (or PC) rather than PG (assuming that's where Pelican Guard came from). A similar font here is described as Medieval, but there mat be better examples (and names) for it; 14th Century Medieval Alphabet Stock Photo - Image: 7213920
City Police perhaps?
 

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First... the letters are actually PC (or CP), not PG. So it cannot be a Pelican Guards button.

I said PC or CP because the photo is too out-of-focus for me to be able to determine their intended reading order. Generally, on buttons where the initials for a two-word organization are superimposed, the organization's first initial is "on top of" the second initial -- especially on the left side of the letter.

There is general agreement that none of the buttons Alphaeus Albert attributes to the Pelican Guards, with the possible exception of LA-23, are actually connected with that military unit. The lettering style on LA-24, sometimes refered to as "Lobate-serifs" lettering, same as on your button, became popular in the post-civil-war era, and is found on many-many postwar era buttons. Notice that the most common version of GAR buttons -- all of which are postwar -- has that lettering-style.

Your button's back has a very peculiar look, almost seeming to be a 1-piece rather than 2-piece button. (Perhaps it's just due to being out-of-focus.) That look, along with the backmark which begins with "NAPOL" makes me think it may be foreign-made, possibly Italian. No offense inteded, buy, if possible, please make some well-focused closeup photos and post them. Does your camera have a Macro-focus button? (It is usually indicated by a flower icon.)

Edit: Literally laughing-out-loud. Once again, Nhbenz and I were typing at the same time -- and we said almost exactly the same thing... even including the "PC or CP." :)
 

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Thanks alot NH and CannonBallGuy, I just use my cell phone camera a lot but I do have a high digital camera @ work that I will start using when I need something posted and IDed. Thanks for the info really appreciate it!! :occasion14:
 

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