Button ID!!! Please Help!

[treasuregirl25]

Hello All. Found these 2 buttons awhile back. Can Anybody tell me anything about them?? pictures are below!

 

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[treasuregirl25]

sorry so big! Here are the re sized versions.

 

[fishbone3d]

Wow! Nice buttons! Hope you get an ID!

 

[traderoftreasures]

Last one is a staff officers button. The first one is a naval officers button

 

[IronSpike]

Last one is a staff officers button. The first one is a naval officers button

The first one is a blazer/fashion button.

http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=28813

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

IronSpike nailed the ID of the "Navy" button ...it is indeed a "Fashion" button... in this case, a Civilian-usage imitation of the US Navy button emblem.

The eagle-with-shield-on-a-lined-background button's "construction" (2-piece, flat face, with no rim/border around the encircling stars) shows that it too is a "Fashion" imitation ...in this case, an imitation of the 1830-to-1901 US Army General Staff Officer button.

 

[traderoftreasures]

Ya I didn't say they were not fashion.... Just what they were imitating

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

As stated, the first one is an old fashion button. It depicts an eagle, anchor and 3 cannonballs but there are no Navy buttons that look like this. Its pure fashion. Id call it a fashion button in a Navy motiff.


The second one looks like an imitation/latter reproduction of the US Army General Staff button as stated..
The back looks like a modern (post 1900) self shank..



Here is a US Navy button to compare the differences. The large ring on your anchor is a dead giveaway.

 

[treasuregirl25]

Thank you everyone for helping ID my Buttons!! Happy Hunting!!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thank you everyone for helping ID my Buttons!! Happy Hunting!!

Your Welcome. They are nice old buttons but neither are military issued.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,259097.0.html

 

[High Plains Digger]

As stated, fashion buttons. The company has been around for 125 years, and may have 125 variations of the same button. I have two, and another poster had a similar one. Mine had 11 stars. I was really wondering about the information until someone told me to go to Joann's. I sucked it up, and mingled with the sewing ladies, and sure enough, a card of 3 for a buck ninety nine. Try it for yourself. Mine had been in the ground for so long, it was disintegrating.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Both designs have been in use for over 100 years. You can still buy the Navy looking design like Digger said.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

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