Eagle Button, Can you read the back? - SOLVED

[Felinepeachy]

Okay, I found this button today but the back is smashed and I can't read the backmark. Some of the letters are missing. Can anyone read it and perhaps give me an approximate date?

 

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[Felinepeachy]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

But Papa, I think I see an "S"

 

[Felinepeachy]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

Well, I do see a "Y"

 

[PBK]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

"HORSTMANN"


"PHILA."

 

[Felinepeachy]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

Well you're really good and I'm really blind, so I'll take your word for it.

 

[PBK]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

Well you're really good and I'm really blind, so I'll take your word for it.

Are you kidding? I can't even find the floor without my glasses!

 

[Felinepeachy]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

Well you're really good and I'm really blind, so I'll take your word for it.

Are you kidding? I can't even find the floor without my glasses!

I know what you mean.

 

[Felinepeachy]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

Okay, do we know how old is it?

 

[PBK]

Re: Eagle Button, Can you read the back?

PBK are you a member of Mensa...

Nah... I don't think they admit guys with a decimal point in front of their IQ score!

 

[duggap]

Look at Albert's button book, page 40, item number 98. General service, 2 piece, made between 1875 and 1902. Here in the Chattanooga area we find a lot of those. Note the tip of the wings go more towards ten o'clock, while the civil war era buttons go more towards 11 o'clock.

 

[Don in SJ]

Look at Albert's button book, page 40, item number 98. General service, 2 piece, made between 1875 and 1902. Here in the Chattanooga area we find a lot of those. Note the tip of the wings go more towards ten o'clock, while the civil war era buttons go more towards 11 o'clock.

To narrow the date down a bit more, the HORSTMANN . PHILADELPHIA backmark was used. I do believe the rest of Philadelphia is on the button and that there was a period between the last N of Horstmann and Philadelphia. That makes it 1893-1947 style, but since 1902 was the cutoff I believe for that design of Eagle, than the button is from 1893-1902 era. (LOL , I think)

The letter that looks like a Y threw me a curve also, but once I realized a N would look like that on the angle it made sense. The spacing between the two words aided in backmark ID. Nick, you do not need new eyes or glasses, it is very hard to determine.

Don

 

[Felinepeachy]

Here's a pic after cleaning it up a bit. Should I keep cleaning? After and before pic.