Buttons, Buckles & ?? ID Please

[Indian Steve]

Howdy All, I recently picked these up with some other stuff at a local flea market. Can anyone help with ID please? I put a dime in for size comparison. The second button is marked " CUMNER. JONES & CO. BOSTON". Eagle button is "HORSTMANN. PHILADA". I was told that the first buckle and loop might have been part of a rifle sling. The little brass things look familiar but I just can't place them. There were several Civil War bullets in the box with this stuff. Thanks in advance for any help. steve

 

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[relicmeister]

I can't really help ya with ID of any in particular, but ya did good at that flea-mkt most if not all look CW period.

 

[kuger]

The batwing lookin deal is a Conway for tack/harness,and I beleive the deal with the loop is a rein guide

Conway
I may be wrong on the rein loop.Creskol will know

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Union veteran button, "GAR", officer staff... The Eagle button (General Service Button) back marks date CUMNER JONES & CO. 1890-1950.. And the other button (1st) looks like a U.S. Army General Staff button.. I am sorry is there away you can add #1, #2, #3? I am having hard time figuring out which backs are of which. Sorry. Others will help you better.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Actually sorry I think "Cumner Jones & Co., Boston" is from 1875... Don't have my reference books with me since I am vacation but CannonBallGuy or someone else can check on that...

 

[Indian Steve]

My pictures didn't come out in the order that I put them in. The back of the first button is directly below it. The Eagle button is the Horstmann and the GAR is the Cumner Jones. Thanks to everyone. It is amazing how much knowledge is out there on this site. steve

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The large button showing an eagle & shield is a version of US Army enlisted-man's button which was in service from 1875 to 1902. More specifically, your button's "HORSTMANN PHILADa" (note the small "a") means it was manufactured no ealier than 1880.

HutSiteDigger is correct, the button showing the letters GAR on its front is a yankee civil war Veteran's Organization button. The letters stand for "Grand Army of the Republic." The backmark "CUMNER, JONES & CO. BOSTON" date that button from 1879 to 1910.

The very small button showing an eagle with shield surrounded by stars is a 20th-Century reproduction of an 1835-to-1902 US Army Staff-Officer button, because it has a 20th-Century "self-shank" back.

Kuger is correct, the buckle with a long stud extending straight out from the center of its back is a "Conway buckle," primarily made for horse-harness, dating from the late-1800s to the present day. (You can buy them brand-new at horsegear shops.)

The buckle with a long oval-shaped brass loop at one end is a horse-bit harness "gag-swivel" buckle. If my recollection is incorrect, Creskol will probably speak up with the correct horsegear ID.

The group of discs with a ball-topped stud on them are "dressup shirt" collar-discs, dating from the latter 1800s into the early 20th-Century. See image below, from a 1909 Sears-&-Roebuck catalog, scanned by our fellow TreasureNet relic-ID helper BigCypressHunter.