Button Help

[fyrffytr1]

Can anyone tell me what these buttons are? The letters are NHSVD but that might not be the right order. They have Steele and Johnson/Waterbury backmarks.

 

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[Zippidy~Do~Daa]

SteeleJohnson300, (two part button, hat or sleeve size, 15mm).
Backmark: "STEELE & JOHNSON / (star) " dm no rings, depressed area for shank, small size only, manufactured after the Civil War, (SteeleJohnson300).
Research Center: Button9901-Backmark-SteeleJohnson300, Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons.

Ref: Veteran button., manufactured after the Civil War.


B5105 National Home Disabled Solders & Veterans button, post war, Steele & Johnson, (15mm)

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Adding to Zippidy-Do-Daa's correct ID for your button:
It is shown on pages 309-10 in the Albert button-book, as button #VN-50a. A somewhat later version, having a lined background around the emblem, and a border, is VN-50b. Both are definitely post-civil-war, but nonetheless, more than a century old.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Thanks for the replies. I looked through Albert's book but missed this one.