✅ SOLVED Button

[TomT]

Found in school yard many years ago, buried around 9 inches

Has 13 stars on front in center with a pattern of hash marks on outer area that goes all around button.

Catalogs didn't help

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Tom

 

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[smokeythecat]

It's from WWII, an American button used on the field "herringbone" uniforms. My dad had one and I played with it when I was little.

 

[TomT]

Thank you very much, the hash marks do look like a Herringbone patern

 

[smokeythecat]

And BTW welcome. I should have been more clear, the material they made the US WWII shirts out of was called "herringbone". I still have some of my dad's stuff he brought back from the war. Most of it I gave to my two daughters.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Smokeythecat is correct on your find's ID. More specifically, it is the front part of what button collectors call a tack-button or rivet-button. The photo below shows how that type was constructed and assembled. The other photo shows your find on US Army Model-1941 "herringbone twill" coveralls.

Smokeythecat, I should mention... I received an email notification that you sent me a T-Net Private Message. But for some reason my new computer won't let me access PMs. I'll get it figured out and reply to your message eventually.

 

[Yak1366]

Nice Find & Great ID Gentlemen!!! Welcome to TNet TomT!!!