Button Help C.N.G Waterbury Co. Scovill Mfg

[foundation hunter]

Found this button in a hunted out site from the early 1800s.On front it says C.N.G on back it says Waterbury Co.Scovill Mfg.

 

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[72cheyenne]

Conneticut National Guard. http://www.relicman.com/buttons/zArchiveButtonFedStatesConnecticut.htm

Scroll down a bit to B4783.

Nice button.

 

[vayank54]

Yep It's a Connecticut National Guard The backmark dates 1860 to 1870 and is found on a lot of civil war buttons. From the pic the rim looks like the wider version so the button was probably made after 1863 Cool find.

 

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