I need help with my button!

[OpportunityNox]

Any information appreciated.

 

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[HuntinDog]

Modern Great Seal fashion button

 

[OpportunityNox]

Thanks HuntinDog!

 

[A2coins]

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[OpportunityNox]

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[TheCannonballGuy]

HuntinDog is correct... although your button's front shows the Great Seal of the United States, it is definitely a Fashion button, not a Military-issue one... because it has a self-shank back, which Military-issue ones never have.

For anybody here who doesn't already know:
The term "self-shank back" means the button's sheetmetal back has a couple of holes in it for the thread to pass through, instead of having a loop or other type of shank for the thread to pass through. The button's back itself forms the loop/shank, hence the term "self-shank back."

Secondly... your button's emblem shows remnants of red, white, and blue paint, which Military-issue Great Seal buttons never use.

Self-shank backs first show up in the very early 20th Century. A different version of self-shank back, having a raised rectangle with a tunnel through it, starts showing up in the mid-20th-Century. See the photos below. US Military-issue buttons never have these backs.

 

[OpportunityNox]

Thank you!
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[ticndig]

HuntinDog is correct... although your button's front shows the Great Seal of the United States, it is definitely a Fashion button, not a Military-issue one... because it has a self-shank back, which Military-issue ones never have.

For anybody here who doesn't already know:
The term "self-shank back" means the button's sheetmetal back has a couple of holes in it for the thread to pass through, instead of having a loop or other type of shank for the thread to pass through. The button's back itself forms the loop/shank, hence the term "self-shank back."

Secondly... your button's emblem shows remnants of red, white, and blue paint, which Military-issue Great Seal buttons never use.

Self-shank backs first show up in the very early 20th Century. A different version of self-shank back, having a raised rectangle with a tunnel through it, starts showing up in the mid-20th-Century. See the photos below. US Military-issue buttons never have these backs.

this is a great response that we can learn from . the button was identified as modern and we are told how one comes to that conclusion. it's always great to learn about this great hobby.