✅ SOLVED button ID

[rustydigger]

Im very excited to dig this today. what era is it from and is it military?

 

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[kuger]

Great Seal...yes Military,no earlier than 1902

 

[HutSiteDigger]

WWI great eagle seal... Lot of posts on this button a week.. There a dime a dozen but still kewl to find em..

 

[rustydigger]

Woo Hooo ! my first thanks

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your "Great Seal" button has a raised rim/border, so it is post-1910, but it also lacks the "black finish" used in the World War One era and a bit after. So, it dates from approximately the 1930s to much later.

If you could clean the back to see if it has a backmark (maker's-mark or supplier's-mark) and if so, tell us what it says, we might be able to narrow down the date-range.

 

[rustydigger]

The electrosis procedure removed a layer of black coating the button ill try and get a maker mark it will take some elbow grease.

 

[kuger]

Just a word of caution....in the future please for your sake,before you electrolisis anything,especially a button,find out what it is,and what the value may be is FIRST!!!!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Kuger gave you a wise caution-note. Electrolysis, and Zinc-&-Lye Bath, are wonderful for removing the rust-crust from iron, but will remove gold-plating and silver-plating from buttons.