BUTTON ID-ELEPHANTS?HALF LION? CROWN/CREST- REVAINVIEML ?

[devine21]

I WENT THROUGH ALL 17 PAGES...CANNOT ID THESE MILITARY BUTTONS! HUSBAND FOUND THEM AT A SCHOOL WE USED TO GO TO.

THIS IS WEIRD: I THINK THEY ARE ELEPHANTS WITH SMALL LITTLE ROUND HATS. BUT WITH LION BODIES. I SWEAR THE TRUNKS ARE ATTACHING TO THE SHIELD. THERE IS A LION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CREST/SHIELD WITH A CROWN ON THE TOP! WE ARE DEBATING ALSO ON THE LETTERING UNDER THE SHIELD... REVAINVIEML ? ARE WE CLOSE TO ANYTHING? WE CANNOT MAKE OUT THE 1ST LETTER REAL WELL. THE LAST TWO ARE IFFY! THANK YOU FOR ANY INFO. YOU MAY HAVE!

 

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[trk5capt]

The Button With The Crest Looks Like A Common Blazer Button, The Other Looks To Me To Be a Dress Button. PBK, Could Have More Info. trk5capt...

 

[PBK]

The Button With The Crest Looks Like A Common Blazer Button, The Other Looks To Me To Be a Dress Button. PBK, Could Have More Info. trk5capt...

Trk5capt nailed 'em both! The top one is a classic blazer button... thin, die-stamped brass, with steel/tin back; heraldic crest and Latin or pseudo-Latin motto; probably post-1950. Based on its similar construction, as well as the stamped self-shank, the dress button would appear to be of about the same vintage.