🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Button identification

Hoosier axe hunter

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Button Ids, first has Scovills &Co Extra, eagle with shield, a bit banged up, 2nd is flower button, really raised detail, back says extra, feine, yes with an e, 3rd is really corroded, has a man on a sled? Driving a reindeer, pine trees in background, I believe the shank was stuck on back when I pulled from hole, it fell off in field. Button is quarter size. Any cleaning tips and era are appreciated, thanks for looking
 

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The first button is a General Service Uniform Button, probably Civil war era as well as the other 2 designed buttons.
 

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Button #3 is a picture button. Late 19th to early 20th C. Am I seeing evidence of gold gilt on it?

The image appears to be a man and a deer interacting somehow. My only thought is it's from the Aesop fable "The stag in the ox stall" and shows the man killing the stag. But I'm only guessing...

stag in the ox stall.png
 

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