✅ SOLVED Button found in New Orleans

[Bharpring]

I need help IDing this button that I found at an old park in New Orleans. Cleaned it minimally so far. Any idea of what it is?

 

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[creskol]

What a fascinating .. but bizarre looking button! It looks like a sorta grotesque rendition of the bust of Athena or somebody. Oddly strange, but I like it!

 

[Bharpring]

What a fascinating .. but bizarre looking button! It looks like a sorta grotesque rendition of the bust of Athena or somebody. Oddly strange, but I like it!

That looks very similar if not exact. What is that?

 

[creskol]

That looks very similar if not exact. What is that?

Sorry ,, I should have mentioned that .. It is actually your button that I rotated and and played with the enhancing on , trying to see more detail.

 

[nhbenz]

The closest I could get, which is still wrong is Life Saving Service:
photo from here: Uniforms & Buttons

 

[DCMatt]

I see letters around the outside. Keep cleaning...

 

[Bharpring]

Sorry ,, I should have mentioned that .. It is actually your button that I rotated and and played with the enhancing on , trying to see more detail.

Ha ha, ok thanks.

 

[Mud Hut]

It has the looks of a maritime button, possibly a steamship line.

 

[Yak1366]

Some angles resemble an anchor. What do you think the 3 characters are?

 

[Bharpring]

Some angles resemble an anchor. What do you think the 3 characters are?

Looks like “S H W” or “M H S”?

Not sure though.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

can you get any more of the gunk off?

 

[Bharpring]

can you get any more of the gunk off?

Yes, I will try to remove the gunk this evening. There is definitely at least one anchor on the button.

 

[Bharpring]

I cleaned it up. Its a US Marine Hospital Service button from 1880.

Albert's page 286.

 

[DCMatt]

That is awesome! I know quite a lot about the history of New Orleans, but I didn't know about the Marine Hospital Service.

Here is a very good article about the old hospital property:

https://prcno.org/work-begins-transform-historic-hospital-site/

P.S. New Orleans is my favorite city to visit. If anyone wants to extend an invitation for a hunt down there, I'll be on the plane tomorrow.

Here is me on Halloween 2017 at The Cigar Factory in the French Quarter.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

That is awesome! I know quite a lot about the history of New Orleans, but I didn't know about the Marine Hospital Service.

Here is a very good article about the old hospital property:

https://prcno.org/work-begins-transform-historic-hospital-site/

P.S. New Orleans is my favorite city to visit. If anyone wants to extend an invitation for a hunt down there, I'll be on the plane tomorrow.

Here is me on Halloween 2017 at The Cigar Factory in the French Quarter.

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I would, but I've moved to Colorado... I'll be back sometime before long to visit though and my detector will be making the trip with me

 

[Bharpring]

I would, but I've moved to Colorado... I'll be back sometime before long to visit though and my detector will be making the trip with me

New Orleans is one of my favorite places as well. LA is a metal detectorist friendly state in general. I would also be interested in any invitation to hunt in LA!