✅ SOLVED Help Identifying Buttons?

[tracy20162]

Hi, please help, are these buttons for military uniforms? the backs say..HORSTMANN PHILADA, WATERBURY BUTTON CO CONN, GODDARD INC EXTRA, A.M.C. M PARIS 19, AND PETTIBUNE MFG CO CINNCINATI... THANK YOU FOR ANY INFORMATION1

 

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[smokeythecat]

Top row, US Army General service, Indian Wars period then USMC,
2nd row Army dragoons button, on the right US Navy
and on the bottom musicians button.

I'll fetch the backmark book and see about some of the other dates.

 

[tracy20162]

Thank you so much smokeythecat, do you know where i could find the value of them? I have several more, my Grandfather left them to me, he loved to go metal detecting

 

[smokeythecat]

Waterbury is after 1900. The Horstmann is about 1870-1890 ish. The Goddard button I couldn't find an exact match but they were bought out in 1883, so yours would be earlier.

Couldn't id the A. M.C. Paris button, but the Pettibone is about 1872-1900. They went out of business in 1975.

Check ebay for values.

 

[nhbenz]

I believe the A.M.C will actually read A.M.& Cie (the ie are tiny). I think the range is 1853-1960, but I don't know if the number portion of that backmark is indicative of a date. Anyone?

 

[smokeythecat]

A.M. & Cie is dead on. My source is "American Military Button Makers and Dealers; Their Backmarks and Dates" by McGuinn and Hazelon. It stated French made ca 1918.

 

[nhbenz]

I trust the book on that, as I was grabbing info from the web (foolishly).
its possible that number on it is the size (in mm)

 

[baspinall]

Here is a decent site for identifying buttons.

The Treasure Depot Button Project