Help identifying an old? button

[bingbingbing]

Thanks in advance everyone - I found this button in central Massachusetts. I see the word 'STANDARD' on the back, but wasn't able to make out the other words. As you can see, this button is a little smaller than a dime.

 

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[fyrffytr1]

All I can tell you is, that is the Star of David symbol and the button probably dates to the first half of the 19th century.

 

[rick67]

Good save.

 

[ivan salis]

standard as in "standard amount" of gilting -- golden type color plating applied to buttons * this type of wording was very common on british made buttons --double , trible and rich orange gilt were also used --it was a quality thing to "puff" up the quality of their buttons -- quite commonly used in the early 1800 era

the six sided star of david is typically thought of as a "jewish" symbol

 

[CRUSADER]

Circa 1830