✅ SOLVED Button Id.

[Smilodon]

Any idea what this button is? It is small, ~1/2" and was found in an area where A couple coins from the mid 1800s and a bunch of flat buttons. I took a couple photographs, one with a flash.

Thanks

 

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[Bryanhashemi]

looks like maybe louisiana button?

 

[Bryanhashemi]

where was it found??

 

[Smilodon]

where was it found??

Hello, this button was found at Chareston SC.

 

[Smilodon]

Charleston SC

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I think your photo of the button is posted upside-down, and that it is an 1810s-1820s US Navy button, showing a standing eagle with a spade-shaped shield (containing an anchor) on the eagle's left wing.

There are many variations of that type, but going by the shape of the "ground" the eagle is standing on, it looks like button NA-67A in the button-book by Alphaeus H. Albert.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

I think your photo of the button is posted upside-down, and that it is an 1810s-1820s US Navy button, showing a standing eagle with a spade-shaped shield (containing an anchor) on the eagle's left wing.

There are many variations of that type, but going by the shape of the "ground" the eagle is standing on, it looks like button NA-67A in the button-book by Alphaeus H. Albert.[/QUOTE

That makes sense!

 

[Thommy]

Good ID, Bryan Hashemi, I've dug those and didn't recognize it until I saw your post.

 

[nhbenz]

Good ID CannonballGuy , I was trying to figure out which side was up by flipping my iPad around, which keeps trying to correct the orientation... Rather dizzying.

 

[Smilodon]

I think your photo of the button is posted upside-down, and that it is an 1810s-1820s US Navy button, showing a standing eagle with a spade-shaped shield (containing an anchor) on the eagle's left wing.

There are many variations of that type, but going by the shape of the "ground" the eagle is standing on, it looks like button NA-67A in the button-book by Alphaeus H. Albert.

Wow thanks for the ID. the only thing is that this button is smaller, like around 14- 15 mm. Is a a cuff button or something?

Thanks,

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Yes, 14-to-16mm is the cuff size button.
"Rule-of-thumb" for 19th-Century US Military button sizes (there are always a few exceptions to any such rule):
12-13mm = kepi (hat) size
14-16mm = cuff size
17-19mm = vest size
20-23mm = coat/jacket size

 

[Smilodon]

Thanks again for the ID. How do I marked it solved?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

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[HutSiteDigger]

is the eagle facing right or left