HELP WITH MILITARY BUTTON IDENTIFICATION?

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Hello all,

Found this button, can anyone tell me anything about it? I believe it says * C RENTON CO * NEW YORK. Any information at all would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

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[nhbenz]

The US Army has used this pattern, The Great Seal (of the US), since 1902. Yours can be dated by the lack of an outer rim which was added in 1910. So 1902-1909 if I've learned this here correctly.
I've elsewhere seen the start date of these as 1903 or 1904... I could use schooling on knowing for certain

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

That backmark actually says Kenyon, not Renton. The C. Renton Company of New York is listed as having manufactured US Army "Great Seal" uniform buttons in the World War One era, on the list compiled by our fellow What-Is-It forum ID-helper BigCypressHunter.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/112828-great-seal-button-backmarks-help.html
Note, that discussion-thread is now at least 5 pages long... the "latest" version of the backmarks-list is on page 4.

Answering Nhbenz's question:
The US Army officially adopted the "Great Seal Of The United States" for its insignia in 1902. I haven't seen any documentation about when the US Army's "Great Seal" uniform buttons were first manufactured. That could have begun as soon as 1902, but might not have started until a year or two after the Army's official adoption of the Great Seal emblem. That being said, I've seen the rimless version of Great Seal buttons "listed" as dating from 1902-1910. Our fellow T-Net member Rockermike17368 is working on an extensive book about the US Army's Great Seal buttons, so, he could probably tell you the first year they were manufactured.