Button I.D.

[litefire56]

Hi Guys!
I'm fairly sure about this being a Virginia State Seal from around 1860's, but any other info would be appreciated.

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[vayank54]

It is a Virginia Staff officers button. That backmark would make it post civil war probably 1870's to 1900 or so. Still a cool button

 

[litefire56]

It is a Virginia Staff officers button. That backmark would make it post civil war probably 1870's to 1900 or so. Still a cool button

Thanks Vayank,

I don't know how accurate this is where I dated the backmark, but it states it's from
1859-1863

http://www.treasurefish.com/buttonback.htm

THE HORSTMANN COMPANY

HORSTMANN BROS & CO. / PHILA----------- 1859--1863

This other site had the same info.. can they both be wrong?

http://pw1.netcom.com/~jimyce/bm.html

 

[vayank54]

Both those sites are just kind of general. There are many variations of just about all backmarks and you have to look at every detail. On the backmarks in the site they had PHIL . While some Horstmann buttons with PHIL are civil war some aren't. Neither had your backmark listed that I saw as yours has PHILIDa About the best source on backmarks is Bill McQuinn's & Bruce Bazelon's book American Military Button Makers And Dealers; Their Dates & Backmarks As good as this book is it is still not complete. Incidently I had some input on the first edition of this book. I hope this helps.

 

[72cheyenne]

litefire56, kudos on the pictures. More than we could ever ask for on pictures!

BTW, nice button too.