Constabulary force Button

[mat0350]

Dug this today wondering if anybody has a clue where it might be from?
Hammond and sons on the back. Thanks

 

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[rick67]

The bird gives it away, Liverbird. United Kingdom, but can't find a match.

 

[mat0350]

Found near Charleston South Carolina

 

[fyrffytr1]

I think your button actually reads "Hammond, Turner & Sons" Here's a link to some info about the firm. You might also contact the site owner to see if he knows anything about it. My best guess would be 184os to the early 1850s.

https://hammond-turner.com/index.php/history

 

[Bramblefind]

There's one like it here - for Liverpool City Police. Neat find!

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/...ined/41a143a9-ff26-431e-91ff-1411ce6f67ba.pdf

 

[mat0350]

Awesome thank you so much

 

[fyrffytr1]

Here's some more information from another source. Please excuse the blurry type. It was the best scan I could get.

 

[fyrffytr1]

There's one like it here - for Liverpool City Police. Neat find!

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/...ined/41a143a9-ff26-431e-91ff-1411ce6f67ba.pdf

Was there a picture of the back?

 

[A2coins]

Cool find

 

[civil_war22]

Nice button sir. Use the metal detector and find some lotion for them hands. Too cold to have cracked hands

 

[fyrffytr1]

What I found interesting in the Hammond-Turner link was the following excerpt.
"During the American Civil War the company made some very fine buttons, although I'm sorry that they were for the southern states (the 'Confederacy'): despite my reservations, I have two examples of these highly collectable buttons in my collection."
I would gladly relieve the owner of the disgrace of owning any such buttons.

 

[civil_war22]

What I found interesting in the Hammond-Turner link was the following excerpt.
"During the American Civil War the company made some very fine buttons, although I'm sorry that they were for the southern states (the 'Confederacy'): despite my reservations, I have two examples of these highly collectable buttons in my collection."
I would gladly relieve the owner of the disgrace of owning any such buttons.

Me too. Please pass them my way