Button Help pls

[Findersweepers]

I have a site that has 2-3 billion caps&pulltabs. I use the ATPro so I came across a soild bottle cap singal, I mostly skip those, but today i was going to dig them. I was not disappointed the first 5 were caps and then the button.I live in Nebraska there are not many civil war related items here like their is back east. Have u seen this button? Back side says Newark NJ AMButton Co. any info would be great. Thanks 4 lookin...HH

 

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[smokeythecat]

WWII period US army coat button. Albert's button book will show it, let me see if I can find me copy.

 

[smokeythecat]

I looked it up. Albert's "Record of American Uniform and historical Buttons with Supplement", first edition page 40 and 41. Great seal button, first used in 1902.

 

[Findersweepers]

Thanks Smokey 4 the info. not as old as i though but still a great find. here's another one have not been able to ID its a pin found at a very old ballfield

 

[smokeythecat]

This one is easier. WWI I think unit designation disc. They had "standup" collars, and each soldier had two on his uniform collar. Infantry, company C if I remember right.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Smokeythecat's memory is accurate about your disc's ID. It is a US Army collar-disc insignia, representing an Infantry regiment's Company C. (The other disc on the soldier's collar would have given the regiment's number.)

But the dating he gave is early by at least 10 yeras. Your disc's distinctive "acorns inside diamonds" background means it dates from 1926 through 1937. Go to this webpage and scroll down to the 1926-37 era "Type 2" discs. Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks