Cuff Button ID needed......

[civilman1]

I found this yesterday at my field's at Antietam in a small strip of wood's next to one of the cornfield's.I pulled this little guy out (11.9mm),at first because it was so crusty I thought it was Eagle cuff button.I found another Eagle no less than 10 ft. away right after so I just assumed.After some clean up I was surprised to see the Star of David looking design with "cartwheel's",a lttle bit of "patchwork" and other random marking's.The thing is so small this is the best pic I can get with this camera.The backmark's if any are not readable,Any info on this little guy would be well appreciated.....Thank's for looking

 

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[PBK]

Nice one! I believe it's a civilian gilt dress button, dating slightly prewar. Elaborate geometric patterns were often used on these, as were the familiar floral motifs seen on so-called "flower buttons" of the period.

 

[Montana Jim]

As always... awesome!

I think you can safely speculate that it's a brass/gold gilt two piece button that resembles others circa 19th century.

I don't know how a guy could narrow it down without finding markings or a duplicate.

Update: What PBK said

 

[Don in SJ]

PBK beat me to it, agree 100%. I love the geometric design and flower buttons of the period, I have been trying to catalog and group them by types to photograph and possibly post, amazing how many are accumulated over the years.

Don

 

[tymcmurray]

Now we are going to have to call you
"Pre-Civilman". LOL